acerbic
adjectiveSharp and biting in tone or temper.
Biting in tone
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adjectiveSharply critical or sarcastic; literally, able to burn or corrode.
Biting in tone
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sarcastic
adjectiveUsing cutting or mocking remarks, often through verbal irony.
virulent
adjectiveExtremely harmful or intensely hostile.
Extremely harmful
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vituperative
adjectiveBitterly abusive or harshly insulting.
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