Dictionary Definition
sulfurous adj
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" [syn: acerb,
acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulphurous, venomous, virulent, vitriolic]
2 characterized by oppressive heat and humidity;
"the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere";
"the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm" [syn: sultry, stifling, sulphurous]
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English
Alternative forms
- sulphurous (mainly UK)
Adjective
- Containing sulfur.
- Of, or relating to sulfur, especially in its lower oxidation state.
Translations
containing sulfur
- Finnish: rikkipitoinen
- Italian: solfifero
of or relating to sulfur
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Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Acherontic, Lethean, Plutonian, Plutonic, Stygian, Tartarean, alabastrine, asbestine, bad, bad-smelling, chthonian, chthonic, devilish, fecal, fetid, foul, frowsty, frowy, frowzy, fulsome, funky, fusty, gamy, graphitic, graveolent, hellborn, hellish, high, ill-smelling, infernal, inorganic, malodorous, mephitic, miasmal, miasmic, micaceous, mildewed, mildewy, mineral, moldy, musty, nidorous, noisome, noxious, odorous, offensive, olid, pandemoniac, pandemonic, petrified, purgatorial, putrid, rancid, rank, reasty, reasy, reechy, reeking, reeky, repulsive, rotten, silicic, smellful, smelling, smelly, stenchy, stinking, strong, stuffy, sulfuric, vile