vitriolic

vitriolic
I
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. biting, bitter, burning, sharp, caustic; see also sarcastic .
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a.
[vi tree AWL ik]
caustic, bitter or sarcastic.
His vitriolic speech drove many people out of the conference room.
SYN.: caustic, bitter, sarcastic, nasty, venomous, acid, malicious, malevolent, hateful, biting, cutting, disdainful.
ANT.: sweet, nice, pleasant
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective So sharp as to cause mental pain: acerbic, acid, acidic, acrid, astringent, biting, caustic, corrosive, cutting, mordacious, mordant, pungent, scathing, sharp, slashing, stinging, trenchant, truculent. See ATTACK, RESPECT.

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