Vitriol - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈvɪtrɪəl|
Brit.
|ˈvɪtrɪəl|
noun
- (H2SO4) a highly corrosive acid made from sulfur dioxide; widely used in the chemical industry
- abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will (syn: invective, vituperation)
- abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will (syn: invective, vituperation)
verb
- expose to the effects of vitriol or injure with vitriol
- subject to bitter verbal abuse
- subject to bitter verbal abuse
Extra examples
His speech was full of political vitriol.
...a film critic noted for the vitriol and sometimes outright cruelty of his pronouncements...
They cast the vitriol of their calumny over me.
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