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Antonyms for vitriolic


Grammar : Adj
Spell : vi-tree-ol-ik
Phonetic Transcription : ˌvɪ triˈɒl ɪk



Definition of vitriolic

Origin :
  • 1660s, from French vitriolique (16c.) or from vitriol + -ic. Figurative use by 1841.
  • adj scathing
  • adj bitter
Example sentences :
  • He let loose some vitriolic verbiage, using Drake as the objective-point.
  • Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson
  • Even that place of security did not, however, save him from her vitriolic tongue.
  • Extract from : « Mam' Lyddy's Recognition » by Thomas Nelson Page
  • But Casey got him outside and administered a vitriolic lecture that had some effect.
  • Extract from : « Desert Conquest » by A. M. Chisholm
  • Proclamations blossomed on every tree, couched in vitriolic language.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal Boy » by Owen Johnson
  • She was in one of her vitriolic moods now because of the Lusitania.
  • Extract from : « The Cup of Fury » by Rupert Hughes
  • On this account this acid is said to be weaker than the vitriolic.
  • Extract from : « Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry » by Joseph Priestley
  • Others read into it piercing innuendoes and vitriolic sarcasm.
  • Extract from : « Lord Chatham » by Archibald Phillip Primrose Rosebery
  • Lawler said nothing in reply to Blackburn's vitriolic speech.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Horde » by Charles Alden Seltzer
  • The press of the third decade of the last century was high-priced and vitriolic.
  • Extract from : « Fifth Avenue » by Arthur Bartlett Maurice
  • Trotzky assailed the Coalition Government with vitriolic passion.
  • Extract from : « Bolshevism » by John Spargo

Synonyms for vitriolic

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