sharp-tongued
adjective
uk/ˌʃɑːpˈtʌŋd/us/ˌʃɑːrpˈtʌŋd/oftencriticizingpeopleandspeakingin asevereway:
He was alwaysfairand just, neversarcasticor sharp-tongued.
She could be sharp-tongued or sweet-talking,dependingon hermood.
Compare
have asharptongue
- Livingstone is sharp-tongued,wittyandruthless.
- Sharp-tongued, she canwinawarof words withnearlyanyone.
- Aconfrontationwith a sharp-tonguedcommitteechairmanfollowed.
- His sharp-tonguedmotherbecamehisrolemodel.
- Spoilt and sharp-tongued, anyone cantellthat she has never beentaughttothinkabout other people’sfeelings.
Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
- acerbic
- acerbity
- acidly
- anti-cruelty
- anti-humanitarian
- cruelty
- cutthroat
- fiendish
- fiendishness
- hard-hearted
- nastily
- nastiness
- nasty
- pitiless
- pitilessly
- unchristian
- uncompassionate
- unfeeling
- ungenerous
- ungenerously