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vitriol

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of vitriol

1 biting sharpness of feeling or expression

a film critic noted for the vitriol and sometimes outright cruelty of his pronouncements

Synonyms of vitriol

acidity, acidness, acridity, acridness, acrimony, asperity, bile, bitterness, cattiness, corrosiveness, mordancy, tartness, virulence, virulency

Words Related to vitriol

gruffness, harshness, hostility, relentlessness, severity, sternness, vehemence

coldness, crossness, discourteousness, iciness, impoliteness, incivility, nastiness, rudeness, sourness, surliness, ungraciousness

anger, animosity, gall, jaundice, malevolence, malice, rancor, scorn, spite, spleen, venom, vindictiveness

jealousy, pique, resentment, sour grapes

Near Antonyms of vitriol

civility, cordiality, courtesy, diplomacy, geniality, graciousness, kindness, politeness, tactfulness

compassion, softness, sweetness, sympathy, tenderness, warmth

oiliness, smoothness, suaveness, suavity, unctuousness, urbanity

2 harsh insulting language

the review was more than just unfavorable—it was loaded with vitriol

Synonyms of vitriol

abuse, billingsgate, fulmination, invective, obloquy, scurrility, vituperation

Words Related to vitriol

blasphemy, curse, execration, imprecation, malediction, profanity

epithet, insult, put-down, slur

expletive, swearword

aspersion, bad-mouthing, belittlement, disparagement, revilement, vilification

castigation, chastisement, criticism, excoriation, opprobrium, rebuke, reprimand, reproof

broadside, diatribe, harangue, polemic, tirade

Near Antonyms of vitriol

acclaim, applause, commendation, praise

compliments, congratulations, endearments, felicitations

adulation, blarney, flattery, overpraise, soft soap

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