sulphurous

Adjective

• characterized by oppressive heat and humidity
  • the summer was sultry and oppressive
    
  • the stifling atmosphere
    
  • the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm
    

• harsh or corrosive in tone
  • an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose
    
  • a barrage of acid comments
    
  • her acrid remarks make her many enemies
    
  • bitter words
    
  • blistering criticism
    
  • caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics
    
  • a sulfurous denunciation
    
  • a vitriolic critique
    

• of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  sultry , stifling , sulfurous