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/vˌɪtriˈɑlɪk/ Listen

adjective

Vitriolic adj.

(Chem.) Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from, or resembling, vitriol; vitriolous; as, a vitriolic taste. Cf. Vitriol.

Biting, bitter or caustic; having or expressing strong and unpleasantly negative feelings; of speech or feelings; the vitriolic denunciations of opponents by partisan columnists.

Vitriolic acid (Old Chem.),

(a)

sulphuric acid. See Vitriol (b). (Colloq.)

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... who were not to be silenced by the Governor's triumph. The political battles of that time were extremely vitriolic, and the fights over territorial politics had been filled with hate. Certain foes of the Governor not only appeared in Knox county, but eventually in the halls of the national congress, and there were those who did not hesitate to question the Governor's integrity. Among those ...

— The Land of the Miamis • Elmore Barce

... miles beyond this plantation, Mr. Bartram was shown a vast fountain of hot mineral water, which issued from a ridge or bank of the river, in a great cove or bay. The water, though hot and of a disagreeable brassy and vitriolic taste, and very offensive to the smell, was perfectly transparent, and exhibited to view a prodigious number of fish, and alligators, which were lying about ...

— Travels in North America, From Modern Writers • William Bingley

... that he made 3,000 pounds by his agricultural writings. The pen brought him more profit than the plough. He took a hundred acres in Hertfordshire, and said of them, "I know not what epithet to give this soil; sterility falls short of the idea; a hungry vitriolic gravel—I occupied for nine years the jaws of a wolf. A nabob's fortune would sink in the attempt to raise good arable crops in such a country. My experience and knowledge had increased from travelling and practice, but all was lost when exerted on such a spot." ...

— A Tour in Ireland - 1776-1779 • Arthur Young

... choice was almost perfect. Every soul in Lost Chief was packed into the log chapel long before the services began—every soul, that is, but Inez. Mr. Fowler never had been more eloquent and never, probably, had preached to a more deeply interested congregation. His sermon was a vitriolic arraignment, thinly disguised by Biblical nomenclature, ...

— Judith of the Godless Valley • Honore Willsie

... for he had been about to say some vitriolic things to Masten, having almost lost patience with him. But at her words his slow ...

— The Range Boss • Charles Alden Seltzer

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