Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Harsh, critical, or sarcastic in speech.
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- adjective Having an
acrid or bitterwit . Often said of someone skilled at or given to insulting orbelittling others.
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Examples
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Enter patient Ann Atkinson (Glenda Jackson), a sharp-tongued divorcee who has given up on love-that is, until she meets the good doctor.
John Farr: Missing Mr. Matthau John Farr 2010
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Enter patient Ann Atkinson (Glenda Jackson), a sharp-tongued divorcee who has given up on love-that is, until she meets the good doctor.
John Farr: Missing Mr. Matthau John Farr 2010
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That said, "The Secret Knowledge" remains a sharp-tongued and heartfelt primer on modern American conservatism.
Enter Stage Right Andrew Klavan 2011
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Wilson's Our Times Picador, $20, the third volume in his history of modern Britain, "is a sharp-tongued elegy to what Wilson considers a vanished country," according to Stephen Lowman.
The case for an unplugged life Nora Krug 2011
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In our home town, my wife's attempts to forge mother and child activities with similarly aged, nearby nieces elicited sharp-tongued unpleasantness.
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Milk Like Sugar becomes less distinctive the further away it moves from that sharp-tongued almost satirical opening.
Michael Giltz: Theater: "Milk Like Sugar" Is Sweet; "Love's Labor's Lost" Is Playful," "Memory" Best Forgotten Michael Giltz 2011
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I have a little more sharp-tongued arguments in my motions than is thought wise by some.
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Years of sitting at a judging table determining a person's fate with a sharp-tongued critique has given Mr. Cowell a Messiah complex, Ms. Abdul says.
The Judging of Simon Cowell Amy Chozick 2011
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She is smart and sharp-tongued, but also a woman in pain who sees vulnerability as weakness.
Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Applause Marshall Fine 2011
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Wilson's Our Times Picador, $20, the third volume in his history of modern Britain, "is a sharp-tongued elegy to what Wilson considers a vanished country," according to Stephen Lowman.
The case for an unplugged life Nora Krug 2011
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