Synonyms of the word

sulphurous

• adj. (chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of sulfurous.

acerb

• adj. Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit.
• adj. Sharp and harsh in expressing oneself.

acerbic

• adj. Tasting sour or bitter.
• adj. Sharp, harsh, biting.

acid

• adj. Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.
• adj. (figuratively) Sour-tempered.
• adj. Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic.
• adj. (music) Denoting a musical genre that is a distortion (as if hallucinogenic) of an existing genre, as…
• n. A sour substance.
• n. (chemistry) Any of several classes of compound having the following properties:-.
• n. (slang) lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).

acrid

• adj. Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent.
• adj. Causing heat and irritation; corrosive.
• adj. Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating.

bitter

• adj. Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
• adj. Harsh, piercing or stinging.
• adj. Hateful or hostile.
• adj. Cynical and resentful.
• n. (usually in the plural bitters) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as…
• n. A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.
• n. (nautical) A turn of a cable about the bitts.
• v. To make bitter.
• n. (computing, informal, in combination) A hardware system whose architecture is based around units of the…

blistering

• v. present participle of blister.
• adj. Causing blisters.
• adj. Very hot.
• adj. Harsh or corrosive.
• adj. Very aggressive.
• adj. Very fast.
• n. (medicine, veterinary) The practice of forming blisters on the skin, to promote blood flow and aid healing.

caustic

• adj. Capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue.
• adj. (of language, etc.) Sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way.
• n. Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys…
• n. (optics, computer graphics) The envelope of reflected or refracted rays of light for a given surface or…
• n. (mathematics) The envelope of reflected or refracted rays for a given curve.
• n. (informal, chemistry) Caustic soda.

element

• n. One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution…
• n. A small part of the whole.
• n. (plural only, with "the") Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.
• n. A place or state of being that an individual or object is better suited towards.
• n. (Christianity, usually in the plural) The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.
• n. A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
• n. A component in electrical equipment, often in the form of a coil, having a high resistance, thereby generating…
• n. (computing) One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by a matching…

hot

• adj. (of an object) Having a high temperature.
• adj. (of the weather) Causing the air to be hot.
• adj. (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.
• adj. (of a temper) Easily provoked to anger.
• adj. Feverish.
• adj. (of food) Spicy.
• adj. (informal) Very good, remarkable, exciting.
• adj. Stolen.
• adj. (incomparable) Electrically charged.
• adj. (informal) Radioactive.
• adj. (slang, of a person) Very physically and/or sexually attractive.
• adj. (slang) Sexual; involving sexual intercourse or sexual excitement.
• adj. (slang) Sexually aroused; horny.
• adj. Popular; in demand.
• adj. Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed.
• adj. Performing strongly; having repeated successes.
• adj. Fresh; just released.
• adj. Uncomfortable, difficult to deal with; awkward, dangerous, unpleasant.
• adj. (slang) Used to emphasize the short duration or small quantity of something.
• v. (with up) To heat; to make or become hot.
• v. (with up) To become lively or exciting.

stifling

• adj. That stifles.
• v. present participle of stifle.
• n. The act by which something is stifled.

sulfurous

• adj. Containing sulfur.
• adj. (chemistry) Of, or relating to sulfur, especially in its lower oxidation state.

sultry

• adj. (weather) hot and humid.
• adj. very hot and dry; torrid.
• adj. sexually enthralling.

unpleasant

• adj. Not pleasant.

venomous

• adj. Full of venom.
• adj. Toxic; poisonous.
• adj. Noxious; evil.
• adj. Malignant; spiteful; hateful.
• adj. Producing venom (poison usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging) in glands or accumulating…
• adj. powerful.

virulent

• adj. (chiefly medicine, of a disease or disease-causing agent) Highly infectious, malignant, or deadly.
• adj. Hostile to the point of being venomous; intensely acrimonious.

vitriolic

• adj. (chemistry, dated) Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from or resembling vitriol; vitriolous.
• adj. (figuratively) Bitterly scathing, caustic.