Synonyms of vitriolic

vitriolic

adjective

as in abusive

marked by harsh insulting language

braced himself for another vitriolic dressing-down by his perennially displeased father

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abusive
• insulting
• outrageous
• vituperative
• invective
• obscene
• offensive
• scurrilous
• malicious
• opprobrious
• truculent
• contumelious
• outraging
• hateful
• nasty
• vituperatory
• dirty
• filthy
• vulgar
• libellous
• offending
• scurrile
• scurril
• libelous
• crude
• foulmouthed
• indecent
• contemptuous
• scornful
• defamatory
• slanderous
• spiteful
• scandalous
• foul
• gross
• disdainful
• coarse
• malevolent
• potty-mouthed
• intemperate
• affronting
• unbridled
• immoderate
• vilifying
• unrestrained
• maligning
• traducing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• moderate
• civil
• temperate
• respectful
• deferential
• polite
• courteous
• gracious
• judicious
• tempered
• laudatory
• discreet
• mannerly
• praiseful
• encomiastic
• laudative