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sharptongued

sharptongued is the alternative spelling of sharp-tongued.

Meaning of sharp-tongued

Adjective

sharp-tongued (comparative more sharp-tongued, superlative most sharp-tongued)

  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 of sharptongued

comparativemore sharptongued
superlativemost sharptongued

Questions about sharptongued

What is sharptongued the alternative spelling of?
Sharptongued is the alternative spelling of sharp-tongued.

Words near sharptongued in the dictionary

  1. sharptailed
  2. sharptaileds
  3. sharptails
  4. Sharpthorne
  5. Sharpton
  6. sharptongued
  7. Sharptons
  8. sharptooth
  9. sharptooth lemon shark
  10. sharptooth lemon sharks
  11. sharpwitted

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