Vitriolic的意思|Vitriolic的解释-里氏词典

vitriolic [,vitri'ɒlik]

a. 硫酸的, 像硫酸的, 语言刻薄的

vitriolic

[ adj ]

harsh or corrosive in tone

<adj.all>

an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose

a barrage of acid comments

her acrid remarks make her many enemies

bitter words

blistering criticism

caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics

a sulfurous denunciation

a vitriolic critique

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

<adj.all>

Vitriolic \Vit`ri*ol"ic\, a. [Cf. F. vitriolique.]
1. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from, or
resembling, vitriol; vitriolous; as, a vitriolic taste.
Cf. {Vitriol}.

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

{Vitriolic acid} (Old Chem.),
(a) sulphuric acid. See {Vitriol}
(b) . [Colloq.]

Meantime, vitriolic statements by Iranian President Ali Khamenei at a United Nations news conference led to further buying, some brokers said.
The two are part of a group that has been campaigning for the restoration of Parliament, which was was suspended in 1986 because of its vitriolic criticisms of government ministers.
Opt-out reforms threaten to make local bureaucrats obsolete, and opposition from those quarters has been predictably vitriolic.
Spain suspended $2.5 million in grants-in-aid and persuaded the European Community to put three "symbolic" projects on hold after Cuba issued a vitriolic attack on Spanish Foreign Minister Francisco Fernandez Ordonez.
A Boston federal judge declined to dismiss the suit, which stems from the vitriolic proxy battle in 1988 between Gillette Co. and Coniston Partners.
VICTOR LASKY, a journalist known for his vitriolic anti-communism.
After a three-hour meeting, spiritual leaders of Christian sects demanded Aoun and Geagea respect the cease-fire, withdraw their forces, reopen all roads and end the vitriolic propaganda campaigns.
The only ones in favour are the church, communists and some Indians.' The most vitriolic opposition is on Rua do Ouro (Gold Street).
In noteworthy contrast to Mr. Iacocca, Mr. Ford never really unloaded publicly over what was apparently one of the most vitriolic personal conflicts in modern business history.
I'm willing _ if they give me a 66-show commitment." The split with NBC wasn't necessarily permanent, even if it did get a little vitriolic in the press.
The party that strove for a calm, sensible approach to politics between the extremes of right and left has destroyed itself this summer in a vitriolic debate over its future and that of its leader, David Owen.
According to several of the 24 participants, this was the occasion for some vitriolic attacks on Mr. Funaro and an appeal for a more conciliatory stance on Brazil's $108 billion foreign debt.

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