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
- 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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