Vitriolic
Vitriolic adjective - Marked by harsh insulting language.
Usage example: braced himself for another vitriolic dressing-down by his perennially displeased father
Vituperative and vitriolic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vituperative" instead an adjective "Vitriolic".
Nearby Word: vitriol
Vituperative
Vituperative adjective - Marked by harsh insulting language.
Usage example: the type of provocative magazine article that is guaranteed to engender vituperative threats of subscription cancellations
Vitriolic and vituperative are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Vitriolic" instead an adjective "Vituperative".
Nearby Word: vituperation
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- harsh and vitriolic
- harsh and vituperative
- offensive and vitriolic
- offensive and vituperative
- hateful and vitriolic
- hateful and vituperative
- opprobrious and vitriolic
- opprobrious and vituperative
- insulting and vitriolic
- insulting and vituperative
- scornful and vitriolic
- scornful and vituperative
- contemptuous and vitriolic
- contemptuous and vituperative
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