Vitriolic

What do we mean by vitriolic?

Of, similar to, or derived from a vitriol. adjective

Bitterly scathing; caustic. adjective

Of or pertaining to vitriol; having the properties of vitriol, or obtained from vitriol.

Biting; caustic; very severe or censorious.

Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from, or resembling, vitriol; vitriolous. Cf. vitriol. adjective

Biting, bitter or caustic; having or expressing strong and unpleasantly negative feelings; -- of speech or feelings. adjective

Sulphuric acid. See Vitriol (b). adjective

Of, derived from, or similar to a vitriol adjective

Bitterly scathing; caustic: vitriolic criticism adjective

: Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from, or resembling, vitriol; vitriolous; as, a vitriolic taste. adjective

Harsh or corrosive in tone adjective

Of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action adjective

Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from or resembling vitriol.

Bitterly scathing, caustic.

Words that are spelled similarly to vitriolic:
vitriolic, vitrioli, vitriol, vitrioled, vitriolize, vibrionic, variolic, vitrioling, vitriols, nitrolic.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word vitriolic:
hominem, denunciations, discredit, rhetoric, antisemitism, accusing, sentiment, hate, comments, criticism, tone, communist, debate, acid, christianity, attack, critic, speech, argued, controversy, letter, violence, response, accused, calling, reputation, letters, critics, campaign, newspaper, opposition, views, ideas, lyrics, want.

Words that rhyme with vitriolic:
bucolic, frolic, hyperbolic, hydraulic, bolick, anabolic, symbolic, metabolic, parabolic, melancholic, pollock, alcoholic, workaholic, rollick, bollock, folic, pollack, phenolic, diastolic, cholic, nonalcoholic, wallick, wallach, glycolic, wallack, bialik, pollak, pollick, pollok, malec, kowalik, kralik, pawlak, polich, pawlik, balik, kovalik, bolich, call luck, collick, falik, gawlik, holick, hollick, krolick, mccolloch, michalec, molock, nikolic, paulick, paulik, wallich, walloch, wollack, zapalac.

Adjectives that are often used to describe vitriolic:
more, most, less, strong, quite, downright, violent, pretty, somewhat, concentrated.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective vitriolic:
acid, attacks, attack, tongue, criticism, air, language, debate, ether, letters, rhetoric, critics, abuse, campaign, denunciations, exchanges, terms, comments, speeches, denunciation, hatred, debates, pen, speech, critic, condemnation, articles, scorn, words, propaganda, opposition, editorials, outbursts, statements, polemics, response, manner, comment, remarks, opponents, letter, tone, diatribes, campaigns, accusations, contempt, criticisms, exchange, aether, satire, dispute, tirades, charges, ink, pamphlets, assaults, controversies, reviews, review, invective, controversy, commentary, fury, arguments, sarcasm, disputes, hostility, condemnations, hate, adj, tones, insults, oratory, semitism, style, reaction, anger, passion, fashion, prose, pronouncements, cartoons, article, temper, press, bitterness, smell, powder, feelings, humor, salts, reproaches.

Words that sound like vitriolic:
vitriolic, vitriol, vitalic, vitric, vitiello, patriotic, patriarch, caterwauling, iatric, atrophic.