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noun
Any of various metal sulphates.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, uncountable
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noun
oil of vitriol (sulfuric acid).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, uncountable
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noun
Bitterly abusive language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable
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verb
To subject to bitter verbal abuse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: abuse, call names, vituperate, flame, name-call, revile, vitriol
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verb
To dip in dilute sulfuric acid; to pickle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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verb
To vitriolize.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, transitive
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noun
abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: vituperation, invective
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Broader terms: abuse, insult, revilement, contumely, vilification
noun
(H2SO4) a highly corrosive acid made from sulfur dioxide; widely used in the chemical industry
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: oil of vitriol, sulfuric acid, sulphuric acid
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Broader terms: acid
Narrower terms: battery acid, electrolyte acid
verb
subject to bitter verbal abuse
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault
verb
expose to the effects of vitriol or injure with vitriol
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: subject
History
From Middle English vitriol, from Old French vitriol, from Medieval Latin vitriolum (“sulfuric acid”), from vitrum (“glass”).
Across languages
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