vitriol
/ˈvɪtriəl/
noun
- Cruel and bitter criticism or hatred expressed in speech or writing.
- She responded to the unfair review with surprising calm, ignoring the vitriol.
- The online comments were full of vitriol, attacking the author personally.
- The political debate descended into vitriol, with both sides shouting insults.
- A highly corrosive chemical substance, such as sulfuric acid.
- Old chemistry labs sometimes stored vitriol in glass bottles with special labels.
- The factory used vitriol in the industrial process to refine metals.
- Spilling vitriol on the floor would cause immediate damage to the tiles.