язвителен — meaning in English

English meaning

• acrid adj Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste.
• caustic adj Capable of burning or chemically eating away living tissue or other material.
• mordant adj Having or showing a sharp or critical quality.
• scathing adjective Harshly critical.
• splenetic adj Bad-tempered, irritable, peevish, spiteful, habitually angry.
• tart adj Having a sharp, sour taste.
• trenchant adj Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp.
• wry adjective Dryly humorous, often in a way that shows you know a situation is awkward or difficult; ironic.

Senses

язвителен is used for these senses in English:

• acrid (figurative) Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating.
• acrimonious (figuratively) Angry, acid, and sharp in delivering argumentative replies: bitter, mean-spirited, sharp in language or tone. [from early 17th c.]
• caustic (of language, etc.) Sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way.
• mordacious sharp or caustic in style or tone.
• mordant Having or showing a sharp or critical quality.
• sardonic Scornfully mocking or cynical.
• scathing Harshly or bitterly critical; vitriolic.
• splenetic Bad-tempered, irritable, peevish, spiteful, habitually angry.

acrid — full definition

1. adj Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste.
2. adj Causing heat and irritation.
3. adj Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating.

caustic — full definition

1. adj Capable of burning or chemically eating away living tissue or other material.
2. adj Harshly sarcastic or biting in tone.

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