Usually means: Critical and cutting in speech.
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  1. sharp-tongued: Merriam-Webster
  2. sharp-tongued: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sharp-tongued: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. sharp-tongued, sharp-tongued: Collins English Dictionary
  5. sharp-tongued: Wordnik
  6. sharp-tongued: Wiktionary
  7. sharp-tongued: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. sharp-tongued: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. sharp-tongued: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. sharp-tongued: Dictionary.com
  11. sharp-tongued: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Having an acrid or bitter wit; skilled at or given to insulting or belittling others.

Similar:
sharptongued, acid-tongued, acerbic, quick-tongued, acrimonious, sharp, barbed, mordacious, caustic, scathing, more...

Opposite:
kind, gentle, considerate, tactful, diplomatic

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Similar:
sharptongued, acid-tongued, acerbic, quick-tongued, acrimonious, sharp, barbed, mordacious, caustic, scathing, more...

Opposite:
kind, gentle, considerate, tactful, diplomatic



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