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Vitriol

/ˈvɪ.tɹi.əl/

Sulphuric acid and various metal sulphates.

📖 Definitions of "Vitriol"

noun
  1. 1

    Sulphuric acid and various metal sulphates.

  2. 2

    (by extension) Bitterly abusive language.

verb
  1. 1

    To subject to bitter verbal abuse.

  2. 2

    To dip in dilute sulphuric acid; to pickle.

  3. 3

    To vitriolize.

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