Sharp-tongued

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having an acrid or bitter wit; skilled at or given to insulting or belittling others.

    "Since the release of his 2014 debut album ‘Everybody Down’, Kae Tempest has consistently provided some of the UK’s most incisive, sharp-tongued social commentary."

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"Since the release of his 2014 debut album ‘Everybody Down’, Kae Tempest has consistently provided some of the UK’s most incisive, sharp-tongued social commentary."

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