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Synonyms of vitriolic in English:

vitriolic


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adjective

1‘he launched a vitriolic attack on the government’

SYNONYMS
acrimonious, rancorous, bitter, caustic, mordant, acerbic, astringent, acid, acrid, trenchant, virulent, spiteful, crabbed, savage, venomous, poisonous, malicious, malignant, malign, pernicious, splenetic
nasty, mean, cruel, unkind, harsh, ill-natured, evil-intentioned, vindictive, scathing, searing, biting, barbed, wounding, stinging, tart, sharp, rapier-like, razor-edged, cutting, withering, sarcastic, sardonic, irascible
informal bitchy, catty, slashing
literary malefic, maleficent
rare acidulous, mordacious, squint-eyed
ANTONYMS

pleasant, kind