as in abusive
marked by harsh insulting language
braced himself for another vitriolic dressing-down by his perennially displeased father
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vitriolic
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In fact, virtually every female character is colored by the legacy of toxic males: pervy pastors, deadbeat dads, abusive boyfriends, murderous cretins.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 Aug. 2025 -
In the book, Rudy is driven to become a lawyer because his abusive father hated lawyers.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The fourth-year coach is having none of it, dismissing outside opinions as irrelevant and insulting.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 Aug. 2025
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And slandering council members, who publicly supported Madigan before Khadija Walker was nominated, is disrespectful and insulting.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Last fall, Brabus unveiled its latest outrageous take on Mercedes’s iconic grand tourer.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
21 Aug. 2025
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Joining forces with the club’s outrageous misfit crew, Wendy launches a daring reverse con to take her tormentor down.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Even the company’s most vituperative detractors acknowledge its engineering genius and applaud its success in driving down launch expenses (unlike many defense contractors, SpaceX largely eats the cost of its failures).—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
28 July 2025
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Transcripts of the depositions conducted by utility lawyers were made public Friday in Superior Court and hundreds of pages of questions and answers suggest questions about who contributed what to the vituperative oped may never be answered to everyone’s satisfaction.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
25 July 2025
Adjective
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The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman as a married couple whose once-happy relationship dissolves into invective and hatred under the pressures of modern life.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The researchers forced Gemini to delete messages, spew invective at the user, steal email messages, and even use Google Home to open windows.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Part of that obscene number is the Never Say Die Ladies Turf Sprint.—
Danny Brewer,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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Brooklyn prosecutors charged him with misdemeanor assault, as well as menacing, reckless endangerment, possession of obscene material, interference with a professional sporting event, weapons possession and other charges, officials said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Vitriolic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vitriolic. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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