1
as in bitterness
biting sharpness of feeling or expression
a film critic noted for the vitriol and sometimes outright cruelty of his pronouncements
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as in abuse
harsh insulting language
the review was more than just unfavorable—it was loaded with vitriol
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Recent Examples of vitriol
And the storm of vitriol that followed the Stauffers’ joint decision was directed almost entirely at Myka, just as Ruby Franke, before the extent of her abuse came to light, bore the brunt of public critique for her parenting style.
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Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
The divisiveness and vitriol at the state and especially national level is undoubtedly feeding into this local election, as society in general has become more tribal and insular, thanks in large part to the weaponization of social media.
—Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
Prosecutors say Mangione fatally shot Thompson, 50, outside a New York City hotel in December, sparking a days-long manhunt as well as an outpouring of vitriol against the health insurance industry and public support for Mangione.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
Yet, there was way more vitriol on display in Wrexham’s 1-0 victory than, say, when Wigan Athletic (52 miles) or even Bolton Wanderers (59 miles) visited earlier in the season.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025
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Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
The divisiveness and vitriol at the state and especially national level is undoubtedly feeding into this local election, as society in general has become more tribal and insular, thanks in large part to the weaponization of social media.
—Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
Prosecutors say Mangione fatally shot Thompson, 50, outside a New York City hotel in December, sparking a days-long manhunt as well as an outpouring of vitriol against the health insurance industry and public support for Mangione.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
Yet, there was way more vitriol on display in Wrexham’s 1-0 victory than, say, when Wigan Athletic (52 miles) or even Bolton Wanderers (59 miles) visited earlier in the season.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vitriol
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Brenda Deutsch, of Winfield, was arrested and charged with two counts of child abuse and one count of child endangerment, court documents show.—
Mike Stunson,
Kansas City Star,
8 Apr. 2025
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The office processed more than 3,000 complaints in fiscal year 2023 — on everything from disabled detainees being unable to access medical care to abuses of power at Immigration and Customs Enforcement and reports of rape at its detention centers.—
J. David McSwane,
ProPublica,
8 Apr. 2025
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Stolarz’s inclination to shout instructions at teammates on the ice, often with serious levels of hostility in the name of competition, comes to him naturally.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Datta writes that Indians had faced violent treatment at the hands of Japanese forces, even if the Chinese community bore the brunt of the Japanese hostility.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Apr. 2025
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Congress often seems incapable of doing anything other than hurl petty invectives across the aisle.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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Such invective, coming from a saboteur with firsthand experience of institutional prudishness, put DeGenevieve in a paradoxical position: that of a professor who, because she was tenured, had the luxury of deriding her own ivory tower.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2025
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Her symptoms include vomiting up clots of hair, bile and sewing pins; making scary pronouncements in a guttural voice that is not her own; and being unusually attractive to wasps, whose carcasses litter her bedclothes.—
Sarah Lyall,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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Additionally, the report specified the dog's stomach was empty and only trace amounts of hair and bile were discovered.—
Tracy Wright,
Fox News,
17 Mar. 2025
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But some Republican registrars took them as an insult, and at least one, Lisa Amatruda of Woodbury, walked out.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
16 Apr. 2025
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The imitation Punisher logo on Cole’s bullet was no act of flattery, but the most vile of insults.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2025
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Type 2 diabetes treatments can vary based on the severity of your condition, your lifestyle, and your overall health.—
Julia Ries,
Health,
9 Apr. 2025
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In some studies, Vitamin A has been shown to reduce the severity of measles and the risk of death from the virus — but these studies were among highly malnourished populations in low-income countries.—
Sara Moniuszko,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2025
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The politicization of the COVID response has only worsened this trend, likely resulting in part from Trump’s vituperation.—
Matt Motta,
Scientific American,
29 Oct. 2024
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Flash forward 92-plus years to Donald Trump’s rally Sunday at New York’s Madison Square Garden, a bleak, lurid festival of racist hate and profane vituperation so vile that even fellow Republicans, who have turned a blind eye to Trump’s character for years, are distancing themselves from the event.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Oct. 2024
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So, Joe comes in with a lot of hostility, a lot of anger, a lot of rage for what happened.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
13 Apr. 2025
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Aggression For some individuals, the turmoil following a breakup can give rise to an inexplicable burst of anger.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Vitriol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vitriol. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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