毒舌

どくぜつ
wicked tongue
abusive language

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どくぜつ【毒舌】

evil ［venomous， wicked］ tongue

/-tʌ́ŋ/ 〖C〗.

▲hail down curses on him 彼に容赦なく毒舌を浴びせる

have a sharp tongue 辛辣(^しんらつ)な言葉遣いをする， 毒舌家である.

¶ → 毒舌を振るう

¶ → 毒舌を浴びせる

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どくぜつ【毒舌】

〔厳しい〕 《have》 a sharp [stinging, 《文》 ascerbic, blistering] tongue; 〔悪意ある〕 a malicious [wicked] tongue; a poisonous [venomous, virulent] tongue; an evil [《文》 envenomed] tongue; 《use》 malicious [abusive] language; 〔非難する〕 《make》 blistering remarks; 《use》 invective.

●毒舌をふるう make stinging [blistering] remarks; speak venomously [viciously, scathingly, rancorously] 《to sb》; use abusive language; speak with rancor [acrimony]

・毒舌をふるって攻撃する give sb a tongue-lashing [the sharp edge of one's tongue]; attack sb viciously [with acrimony]; lash sb with one's tongue; denounce sb scathingly.

毒舌家 a person with a sharp [blistering, etc.] tongue.

●彼は当代きっての毒舌家であった. He was the greatest master of invective of his day.