sharp-tongued

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sharp-tongued

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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.

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adj having an acrid or bitter wit

Español	respondón, contestón
Deutsch	scharfzüngig
Русский	остроязы́чный ostrojazýčnyj, остроязы́кий ostrojazýkij

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@misc{sharp_tongued_2026,
  title = {sharp-tongued},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sharp-tongued},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}