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VIRULENT Synonyms

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acerb
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• sour or bitter in taste

• harsh or corrosive in tone

acerbic
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• sour or bitter in taste

• harsh or corrosive in tone

acid
verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
noun

• any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt

• street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

adjective satellite

• harsh or corrosive in tone

• being sour to the taste

• having the characteristics of an acid

acrid
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• strong and sharp

• harsh or corrosive in tone

bitter
adjectiveadj
noun

• English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)

• the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth

• the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste

adverb

• extremely and sharply

adjective satellite

• marked by strong resentment or cynicism

• very difficult to accept or bear

• harsh or corrosive in tone

• expressive of severe grief or regret

• proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity

• causing a sharp and acrid taste experience

• causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold

verb

• make bitter

blistering
adjectiveadj
noun

• the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin

adjective satellite

• harsh or corrosive in tone

• hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters

• very fast; capable of quick response and great speed

caustic
adjectiveadj
noun

• any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue

• the envelope of light rays reflected or refracted by a curved surface or object

adjective satellite

• harsh or corrosive in tone

• of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

deadly
adjectiveadj
adverb

• as if dead

• (used as intensives) excessively

adjective satellite

• causing or capable of causing death

• of an instrument of certain death

• extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom

• involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death

• exceedingly harmful

• (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect

sulfurous
adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective

• of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur

adjective satellite

• harsh or corrosive in tone

• characterized by oppressive heat and humidity

sulphurous
adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur

adjective satellite

• harsh or corrosive in tone

• characterized by oppressive heat and humidity

venomous
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom

• marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful

vitriolic
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• harsh or corrosive in tone

• of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

Alternatives for ACERB

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