Synonyms

bitter blistering acid acrid virulent acerbic sulfurous venomous caustic vitriolic acerb

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" "a sulfurous denunciation"

Related terms

unpleasant

Synonyms

sultry sulfurous stifling

Examples

"the summer was sultry and oppressive" "the stifling atmosphere" "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"

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hot