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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
But the narrative doesn’t need to be controlled by people who are just on their keyboards spewing hate and negative vitriol everywhere.
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Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
One European seller expressed concern to us this week that their booth could be a target of ‘anti-Hollywood’ vitriol if the election goes against Trump.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
Zhong faced a wave of online vitriol earlier this year from nationalists who accused him of a lack of patriotism in a campaign that hit the price of shares of his beverage company.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
The callousness of investigators, the craven police interrogation methods that seek to discount the memory of survivors by insisting the truth hinges on minute details and the vitriol of a misogynistic public are all on display in Black Box Diaries.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2024
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Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
One European seller expressed concern to us this week that their booth could be a target of ‘anti-Hollywood’ vitriol if the election goes against Trump.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
Zhong faced a wave of online vitriol earlier this year from nationalists who accused him of a lack of patriotism in a campaign that hit the price of shares of his beverage company.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
The callousness of investigators, the craven police interrogation methods that seek to discount the memory of survivors by insisting the truth hinges on minute details and the vitriol of a misogynistic public are all on display in Black Box Diaries.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vitriol
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Testimony detail years of heavy drug abuse, and he is found guilty a week later.Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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Breslin ran on a platform focused on reducing violent crime and reducing incarceration for nonviolent offenders with substance abuse and mental health issues.Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2024
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Did the hostility between Administration and newspaper come back to haunt Nixon?John Tamny, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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All Greeks were guaranteed safe passage traveling to or from the contests (though the popular idea that all inter-state hostilities ceased may be a myth).Miriam Kamil, JSTOR Daily, 20 Nov. 2024
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But the invective obscured a salient truth: many people were still unclear about where Harris stood on some of the central issues.Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
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But over the weekend his invective was turned directly on Navarro.Tom Tapp, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2024
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Extra body weight can increase cholesterol levels in bile and lead to gallstone formation.Lindsay Curtis, Health, 28 Nov. 2024
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Trump’s vitriolic bile claiming Kamala Harris will destroy Israel is absolutely indefensible on several levels.Michael Isaacson, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
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World & Nation Canadian officials blast Trump’s tariff threat, and one calls Mexico comparison an insult Nov. 26, 2024 The U.S. Border Patrol made 56,530 arrests at the Mexican border in October alone — and 23,721 arrests at the Canadian frontier between October 2023 and September 2024.Rob Gillies and Fatima Hussein, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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But there’s only so much that Kai Trump can do to soften the image of a man who has been compared by critics to history’s most dangerous fascists and who regularly hurls insults and makes profane remarks.Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2024
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Depending on the severity of the symptoms, your primary care doctor can refer you to a gastroenterologist or a colorectal surgeon for a closer look.CNN.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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An official cause for the emergency has yet to be disclosed, though Foxx has alluded to the severity of his condition in the months since.Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 1 Nov. 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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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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Research shows that writing allows individuals to process complex feelings, such as anger, sadness or disappointment, with greater depth and clarity.Mark Travers, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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According to a press release, with each playlist, Swift has chosen songs from her own catalog that fit each stage of a breakup: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.Marina Watts, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Vitriol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vitriol. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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