tongued

adjective \ ˈtəŋd \

|Updated on: 25 May 2018

Definition of tongued

: having a tongue especially of a specified kind —often used in combination

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The first was as Madison Montgomery, a sharp-tongued witch with a killer wardrobe, on Ryan Murphy's American Horror Story: Coven (2013).

— christopher rosa, Glamour, "The Enduring Allure of the ‘Rich Bitch’," 10 May 2018
Already, acid-tongued criticism of Ms. Markle can be found in The Daily Mail.

— ellen barry, New York Times, "Britain’s Wedding-Mad Tabloids Feel a Cold Royal Shoulder," 1 May 2018
The Gay Bride: Carole Lombard stars as a sharp-tongued gold digger in this 1934 gangster screwball comedy.

— chris ball, cleveland.com, "Steven Spielberg's 'The Post,' now on DVD and Blu-ray (review)," 22 Apr. 2018
The sharp-tongued woman with the off-color sense of humor all but disappeared last night.

— rhonda garelick, The Cut, "Stormy Daniels’s Boring Interview Was Actually Brilliant," 26 Mar. 2018
But there’s no denying that this sharp-tongued party girl makes great television.

— patrick crowley, Billboard, "'RuPaul's Drag Race': 10 Queens We'd Like to See on 'All-Stars 4'," 16 Mar. 2018
After 27 years as the voice of Kermit the Frog, veteran puppeteer Steve Whitmire is reportedly saying goodbye to the quick-tongued amphibian.

— meghan overdeep, Southern Living, "Voice of Kermit the Frog Is Out After 27 Years," 13 July 2017
Gobs of half-literate, thick-tongued troglodytes will convene in Shelbyville and Murfreesboro, Tenn., on Saturday to fight for the rights of the great, marginalized white race.

— michael harriot, The Root, "White Supremacists Have Scheduled a Sequel to Charlottesville, Va., for Saturday in Tennessee," 27 Oct. 2017
Anne said during a characteristically sharp-tongued 2002 interview with the BBC to mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee.

— olivia blair, Town & Country, "What Is the Queen Like As a Mother?," 26 Oct. 2017

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