vitriolic

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She added: “The lead dissent ignores ordinary principles of dignity and civility and demeans this court. Neither the parties nor the panel dissent found it necessary to invoke such crude and vitriolic language.”

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

Years on from the vitriolic headlines, Reed said he still suffers from what he calls a "false" bad-boy reputation, and so does his family.

From Barron's • Oct. 24, 2025

But it's also been thrust into the headlines because of an astonishingly vitriolic exchange between Kigali and Johannesburg.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2025

The briefings often took a theatrical and at times vitriolic turn as López Obrador assailed a range of targets, including the wealthy elite, which he complained had dominated the country for decades, and the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2024

Distasteful as his behavior was, we had seen it all before, only in less concentrated and vitriolic form.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt