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Vitriol
01
criticism or comments that are severely cruel and hurtful
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Simple
Uncountable
Plural form
vitriols
Examples
Critics unleashed a storm of vitriol towards the artist's new, provocative work.
02
(H2SO4) a highly corrosive acid made from sulfur dioxide; widely used in the chemical industry
to vitriol
01
subject to bitter verbal abuse
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
vitriol
3rd person singular
vitriols
Present participle
vitrioling
Past simple
vitrioled
Past participle
vitrioled
02
expose to the effects of vitriol or injure with vitriol
Lexical Tree
vitriolic
vitriol
