Definition for Vitriol:

• To dip in dilute sulphuric acid; to pickle.

Synonyms for Vitriol:

• n.

  •
  • disapproval,
  • censure,
  • condemnation,
  • faultfinding,
  • Bashing,
  • recrimination,
  • barrage,
  • mud,
  • uproar.
  •bitterness (noun)
  • sarcasm,
  • malevolence,
  • disdain,
  • virulence,
  • hatefulness,
  • hostility,
  • nastiness,
  • contempt,
  • maliciousness,
  • venom,
  • Acrimoniousness.
  •criticism (noun)
  • critical remarks,
  • bad press,
  • nit-picking,
  • statics,
  • zapper,
  • flak,
  • brickbats,
  • critical remark,
  • rap on knuckles,
  • call down,
  • roast,
  • slap on wrist,
  • slap wrist,
  • rap knuckles,
  • quibble.
  •disapproval (noun)
  • brickbat,
  • black list.
  •sulfuric acid (noun)
  • sulfuric acid.
  •vitriol (noun)
  • vituperation,
  • oil of vitriol,
  • invective.

• v.

  •communication (verb)
  • vitriol.

• Other synonyms:

  •sulphuric acid
  • Sulphuric Acid.

Antonyms for Vitriol:

• n.

  • bitterness
    respect, love, admiration.
  • Other antonyms:
    suavity, urbanity, congratulations, compassion, kindness, compliments, smoothness, praise, warmth, suaveness, civility, flattery, tactfulness, geniality, endearments, felicitations, graciousness, commendation, softness, tenderness, cordiality, blarney, politeness, courtesy, diplomacy, oiliness, applause, acclaim, overpraise, unctuousness, sympathy, adulation.

Vitriol Sentence Examples:

• And as for the Experiment with Red - rose Leaves, the same thing may be alleged, for we found that such Leaves by bare Infusion for a Night and Day in fair Water, did afford us a Tincture bordering at least upon Redness, and that Colour being conspicuous in the Leaves themselves, would not by some seem so much to be produc'd as to be extracted by the affusion of Oyl of Vitriol.

• The druggist trusted me for a half pound of " blue vitriol," and I put it into my battery and filled it with water.

Hyponym for Vitriol:

• v.

  • communication
    snipe, attack, round, assail, lash out, assault.
  • perception
    subject.