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sharp-tongued en · ADJ

Meanings

1. Having an acrid or bitter wit; skilled at or given to insulting or belittling others.
   • Since the release of his 2014 debut album ‘Everybody Down’, Kae Tempest has consistently provided some of the UK’s most incisive, sharp-tongued social commentary. 2025 July 3, Fred Garratt-Stanley, “Kae Tempest – ‘Self Titled’ review: an inspiring reflection on identity and self-discovery”, in NME:

Forms

Relateds

sharp end of one's tongue

Translations (10)

ru остроязы́чный (having an acrid or bitter wit) · es respondón (having an acrid or bitter wit) · es contestón (having an acrid or bitter wit) · ga géartheangach (having an acrid or bitter wit) · aeb مِسمِام (having an acrid or bitter wit) · grc πικρόγλωσσος (having an acrid or bitter wit) · aeb مِصفَار (having an acrid or bitter wit) · ru остроязы́кий (having an acrid or bitter wit) · cy llym ei dafod (having an acrid or bitter wit) · de scharfzüngig (having an acrid or bitter wit)