HOW TO PRONOUNCE
vitriol
/ˈvɪtɹiəl/
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What does vitriol mean?
noun
- Bitterly abusive language.
verb
- To subject to bitter verbal abuse.
- To dip in dilute sulfuric acid; to pickle.
More meanings (3)
verb
- To vitriolize.
noun
- (dated) Any of various metal sulphates.
- (dated) oil of vitriol (sulfuric acid).
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈvɪtɹiəl/
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This time, however, neither pills nor vitriol nor all his herbs would shift the “nasty peens in his head”.
If you see vitriol in your dreams, it is a token of some innocent person being censured by you.
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In January she asked her nephew, who worked as a gilder, to get her some vitriol for cleaning her copper.
The reaction is due to the decomposition of oil of vitriol by iodohydric acid, water and sulphurous acid being formed, and iodine set free.
A few months after the incident of the vitriol bomb, I was sent to Carpentras to take charge of junior classes at the college there.