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acid-tongued (comparative more acid-tongued, superlative most acid-tongued) (possessional)

  1. Bitingly critical or sarcastic; sharp-tongued.
    • 2016 February 7, Michael Barbaro, “Once Impervious, Marco Rubio Is Diminished by a Caustic Chris Christie”, in The New York Times[1]:
      Mr. Christie then gave Mr. Rubio his trademark New Jersey treatment: He unleashed a series of rapid-fire, acid-tongued attacks on the man standing four podiums to his right, alternately looking directly at Mr. Rubio and at the camera.