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sulfurous

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sulfurous in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. 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"
    acerb  acerbic  acid  acrid  bitter  blistering  caustic  sulfurous  sulphurous  virulent  vitriolic 
  2. characterized by oppressive heat and humidity
    "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"
    sultry  stifling  sulfurous  sulphurous 
  3. of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur
    sulfurous  sulphurous 
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sulfurous in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (adjective) Containing sulfur.
  2. (adjective) (chemistry) Of, or relating to sulfur, especially in its lower oxidation state.
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