I heard more vitriol in the debate than reasoned argument.
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Vitriol
//ˈvɪtɹiəl//
Synonyms for "vitriol" (35 found)
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Strong matches (11)
Verb(2 words)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (17)
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25 translations across 24 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- زَاج noun (various metal sulphates)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- zağ noun (various metal sulphates)
Bulgarian
1 entries- метален сулфат noun (various metal sulphates)
Dutch
1 entries- vitriool noun (various metal sulphates)
Esperanto
1 entries- vitriolo noun (various metal sulphates)
Finnish
1 entries- vihtrilli noun (various metal sulphates)
French
1 entries- vitriol noun (various metal sulphates)
Georgian
1 entries- აჯასპი noun (various metal sulphates)
German
1 entries- Vitriol noun (various metal sulphates)
Greek
1 entries- βιτριόλι noun (various metal sulphates)
Irish
1 entries- vitrial noun (various metal sulphates)
Italian
1 entries- vetriolo noun (various metal sulphates)
Kazakh
1 entries- тотияйын noun (various metal sulphates)
Old Spanish
1 entries- azech noun (various metal sulphates)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- زاج noun (various metal sulphates)
Persian
1 entries- زاج noun (various metal sulphates)
Portuguese
1 entries- vitríolo noun (various metal sulphates)
Russian
1 entries- купоро́с noun (various metal sulphates)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- gȁlica noun (various metal sulphates)
- га̏лица noun (various metal sulphates)
Spanish
1 entries- vitriolo noun (various metal sulphates)
Swedish
1 entries- vitriol noun (various metal sulphates)
Tajik
1 entries- зок noun (various metal sulphates)
Turkish
1 entries- zaç noun (various metal sulphates)
Ukrainian
1 entries- купорос noun (various metal sulphates)
Sample sentences
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Sulfuric acid was once known as "oil of vitriol."
Source: tatoeba (3077594)
Sulfuric acid was already known to medieval alchemists as oil of vitriol.
Source: tatoeba (9329705)
CRYSTALS of Venus or of copper, called also vitriol of Venus, is copper reduced into the form of vitriol by spirit of nitre, or by dissolving verdegris in good distilled vinegar, till the acid be saturated; it is very caustic and used to eat off proud flesh. It is also used by painters, and manufacturers, and sold under the name of distilled vinegar. See CHEMISTRY.
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