vitriolic

Day 16Level 1

vih-tree-AH-lihk

caustic

burning, caustic; sharp, bitter

Part of Speech: adjective

Synonyms:

acerbic, scathing

Antonyms:

kind, nice

Example Sentence:

At an August public meeting in South Boston about bike lanes on West Broadway Street, the tone was vitriolic.

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