acerb (s)
acerbic (s)
acid (s)
acrid (s)
bitter (s)
blistering (s)
caustic (s)
sulfurous (s)
sulphurous (s)
virulent (s)
vitriolic (s)

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type s
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def harsh or corrosive in tone
examples 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
Outgoing links
Similar to unpleasant
Derivationally related form vitriolic → vitriol
Derivationally related form virulent → virulency
Derivationally related form virulent → virulence
Derivationally related form bitter → bitterness
Derivationally related form acrid → acridness
Derivationally related form acrid → acridity
Derivationally related form acerbic → acerbity
Incoming links
Similar to unpleasant
Derived from adjective vitriolically → vitriolic
Derived from adjective caustically → caustic
Derived from adjective virulently → virulent
Derivationally related form acerbity → acerbic
Derivationally related form bitterness → bitter
Derivationally related form virulency → virulent
Derivationally related form virulence → virulent
Derivationally related form acridness → acrid
Derivationally related form acridity → acrid
Derivationally related form vitriol → vitriolic

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