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Vitriolic   Listen
adjective
Vitriolic  adj.  
1.
(Chem.) Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from, or resembling, vitriol; vitriolous; as, a vitriolic taste. Cf. Vitriol.
2.
Biting, bitter or caustic; having or expressing strong and unpleasantly negative feelings; of speech or feelings; the vitriolic denunciations of opponents by partisan columnists.
Vitriolic acid (Old Chem.),
(a)
sulphuric acid. See Vitriol (b). (Colloq.)





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Words linked to "Vitriolic" :   virulent, caustic, destructive, acid, sulphurous, bitter, vitriol, unpleasant, acerb, mordant


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