VITRIOL


Meaning of VITRIOL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ vɪtrioʊl ]

If you refer to what someone says or writes as vitriol , you disapprove of it because it is full of bitterness and hate, and so causes a lot of distress and pain.

The vitriol he hurled at members of the press knew no bounds...

= acrimony, venom

N-UNCOUNT [ disapproval ]

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