sulfurous
Definition
- Adjective:
- Containing, resembling, derived from, or related to sulfur: Pertaining to the chemical element sulfur (S), its compounds, or characteristics.
- Harsh, bitter, or corrosive in tone: Characterized by severe, scathing, or venomous criticism.
- (Archaic) Characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; stifling: Suggestive of the heat and fumes associated with sulfurous places like volcanoes or hell.
Usage and Examples
Meaning: Containing or related to sulfur:
- The volcanic region emitted a sulfurous odor.
- Miners sometimes encounter sulfurous gases underground.
Meaning: Harsh and corrosive in tone:
- The critic delivered a sulfurous attack on the new policy.
- Their debate was filled with sulfurous accusations.
Meaning: Oppressively hot and humid (archaic/literary):
- The sulfurous air of the jungle was almost unbearable.
Advanced Usage
- Figurative Use for "Hellish" or "Infernal": Often used in literary contexts to describe something as fiendish, evil, or reminiscent of hell, which is traditionally depicted as smelling of sulfur (brimstone).
- He was cast into the sulfurous pits of his own despair.
Variants and Related Words
- Sulphurous: (Chiefly British English spelling) An alternative spelling of "sulfurous."
- Sulfuric (adj): Of or relating to sulfur, especially in its higher valence. (e.g., ).
- Sulfureous (adj): (Archaic) An older form meaning resembling or containing sulfur.
Synonyms
- For "containing sulfur": sulfurous, sulphurous.
- For "harsh in tone": vitriolic, caustic, acerbic, acrid, blistering, scathing.
- For "oppressively hot": sultry, stifling, sweltering.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- Sulfurous denunciation: A phrase describing an extremely harsh and condemnatory verbal attack.
- The senator's speech was a sulfurous denunciation of corruption.
Adjective
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characterized by oppressive heat and humidity
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the summer was sultry and oppressive
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the stifling atmosphere
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the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm
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harsh or corrosive in tone
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an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose
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a barrage of acid comments
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her acrid remarks make her many enemies
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bitter words
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blistering criticism
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caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics
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a sulfurous denunciation
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a vitriolic critique
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of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur
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