vitriol


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Synonyms for vitriol

noun(H2SO4) a highly corrosive acid made from sulfur dioxide

nounabusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will

verbexpose to the effects of vitriol or injure with vitriol

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Too much vitriol and not enough depth but this will do for now.
You can continue to ignore the vitriol being spewed by the religious right, who will almost certainly hold it against you and your party.
For years now, the mostly government-run media in Arab countries, including "moderate" ones such as Egypt, have been feeding their audiences a stream of anti-Semitic vitriol that would do Nazi Germany proud.
Unfortunately, the Humanist contributes nothing but vitriol, half-truths, sarcasm, distortions, and one-sided perspectives to this great and honorable debate.
He was an anti-Semite but extended the reach of his vitriol in a letter to The New York Times about "the Jewish question" to conclude that "all immigrants are undesirable." Harold Ickes, FDR's Interior Secretary, said that when he had to deal with Borglum, "I always feel like equipping myself as a man does when he fusses with a beehive."
Striding on to the stage with swaggering confidence, My Vitriol proved why they are the best band the masses have not heard yet.
As a couple of other protesters joined me, the level of vitriol began to rise.
Their sweetly sung little ditty seemed like the perfect antidote to the vitriol and mean-spiritedness that increasingly surfaces these days when parishes undertake church-renovation projects.
I call on all responsible Christian leaders to condemn this organization's vitriol and smear tactics."
Even he acknowledged in a later published reckoning of accounts that some of his phrases contained a superfluity of vitriol. It was a bit like admitting the Hiroshima bomb released a few spare atoms into the atmosphere.
The work of these four, among others, belies Jean Clair's vitriol. At least here and abroad, French art seems to be doing just fine.
It shows he wished the Democrat "great happiness" and advised: "Don't VITRIOL Donald Trump let the critics discourage you or push you off course," before he signed off with the words: "I am rooting hard for you."
Where's their selfrespect?" Having a problem with Katie's credentials is one thing, but turning the vitriol on the other panelists?
I THINK many readers see Ms Church as "our Charlotte" so I was sad to read the Echo report and also Norman Rendle's letter (October 3), his pen dipped in vitriol and speaking of a "fading star".
I HAVE noted John W Gray's modern day Moses return from out of the wilderness and, in his recent spat with Mr D Boone, he has not lost any of his vitriol over Tory philosophy.