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sharp-tongued
[shahrp-tuhngd]
adjective
characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
sharp-tongued
adjective
bitter or critical in speech; sarcastic
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sharp-tongued1
Example Sentences
Before he was a TV host or culinary demigod, Anthony Bourdain was a writer: sharp-tongued, sensual, and totally unafraid to follow a story wherever it led.
Meanwhile, Paul Keating, a famously sharp-tongued advocate for closer ties with China, said this "might very well be the moment Washington saves Australia from itself".
To Hamill — one of Hollywood’s most outspoken and sharp-tongued Trump critics — the country itself feels battered, just months into a second term he sees as a dangerous backslide.
As Nancy’s torn between being the picture-perfect housewife and the rebellious free thinker, Kidman recalls the sharp-tongued Joanna Eberhart from “The Stepford Wives,” who fought against her community’s robotic femininity until it consumed her.
But he has lost none of the sharp-tongued vitriol of his punk origins.
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