sulphurous

  • (a) of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur sulfurous,
  • (s) harsh or corrosive in tone
    • an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose
    • a barrage of acid comments
    • her acrid remarks make her many enemies
    • bitter words
    • blistering criticism
    • caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics
    • a sulfurous denunciation
    • a vitriolic critique
    acid, blistering, caustic, vitriolic, acerb, acerbic, acrid, sulfurous, bitter, virulent,
  • (s) characterized by oppressive heat and humidity
    • the summer was sultry and oppressive
    • the stifling atmosphere
    • the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm
    stifling, sultry, sulfurous,

Synonyms

sulfurous acid blistering caustic vitriolic acerb acerbic acrid bitter virulent stifling sultry

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