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US
/ˈvɪtɹiəɫ/
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[ UK /vˈɪtɹiːəl/ ]
[ UK /vˈɪtɹiːəl/ ]
VERB
- subject to bitter verbal abuse
- expose to the effects of vitriol or injure with vitriol
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
How To Use vitriol In A Sentence
- Vitriolurii lW; t\s. ffenwi-l. a) Verbena; b) Centaurea scabiosa. Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon der Naturgeschichte mit erklaerenden Anmerkungen
- Racism, homophobia, McCarthyism, classism, it's all on display as they try to muzzle those who disagree by vitriolic, personal attack.
- He was shocked by the vitriol in Washington and by his own poor judgment.
- There is a splendid tale of the latter, his pen dripping in irony and vitriol, composing a letter to the United board congratulating them on their ground improvements in the aftermath of his own promises to build a new stadium.
- In all appearance it is impregnated with nitre, if not with something more mischievous: we know that mundic, or pyrites, very often contains a proportion of arsenic, mixed with sulphur, vitriol, and mercury. Travels through France and Italy
- My vitriolic attack on posers shall now be reserved for a subset of the brown crowd ‘cuz I like making fun of my people.
- I was appalled to read the mayor's vitriolic attack on the homeless.
- a certain point, and fuffered to cool, long rhomboidal cryftals are afforded of a deep blue colour, called vitriolated copper, or blue vitriol; it appears therefore that vitriolic acid forms, with iron, green cryftals; vrith zinc, white cryftals i and with copper, blue cryf - tals. The Economy of Nature Explained and Illustrated: On the Principles of Modern Philosophy. By G ...
- Shortly before the 1987 election, she launched a vitriolic attack on him. Times, Sunday Times
- It all comes down to ignorance though, fundamentally, if a substantial minority of the population is unable to even attempt an informed debate without resorting to pachydermal vitriol, then you will unfortunately be left with a corrupt, morally bankrupt set of lunatics. McCain's Lying Has Gone Too Far, According To ... Karl Rove!