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Meanings of vitriolic in English

Being harsh or corrosive in tone.

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Of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action.

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Usage of vitriolic in English
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For example, it describes my column of a week ago as vitriolic.
The Irish Times
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The vitriolic power of the poison is excellently expressed in the story.
The Danish History, Books I-IX
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Years later vitriolic supporters still resorted to chants calling him a paedophile.
The Guardian
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Trump's vitriolic anti-Muslim campaign statements are thus totally irrelevant to the analysis.
The Guardian
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But to the Episcopal Church the priest dispensed the most vitriolic criticism.
The Reign of Law; a tale of the Kentucky hemp fields
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He jumped rapidly from argument to anecdote and was vitriolic in attack.
My Memories of Eighty Years
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That's why this election campaign will be such a vitriolic, hysterical affair.
The Guardian
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I have followed the increasingly vitriolic exchanges between the footsoldiers on Twitter.
The Guardian
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They can be much more vitriolic than non-parents, even when still together.
The Guardian
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The accusations of defection, betrayal and neocon conspiracy were many and vitriolic.
The Guardian
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The mask slipped and his answer was pure, vitriolic, undiluted, vintage Randy.
Wild Justice
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They make a vitriolic pair -heavyweight screen acting at its best.
Reuters
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The most vitriolic critics, not surprisingly, are those who never face him.
The Irish Times
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Teneycke conceded to provoking debate that often became vicious and vitriolic.
Reuters
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Her resentment surfaced in the form of vitriolic attacks upon your corporate structure.
A Confederacy of Dunces
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The third published a vitriolic novel that lost him his job.
The Irish Times
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United States of America
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