sharp-tongued in English

adjective
1
(of a person) given to using cutting, harsh, or critical language.
She became the sharp-tongued wife, he the hen-pecked husband.
synonyms:scoldingshrillshrewishharshcuttingcausticabrasivetrenchant
adjective

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1. The bamboo shoot in the hills -- sharp - tongued, thick - skinned and hollow inside.

2. Hong Kong movies have made sharp-tongued caricatures of Amahs, the women who left the mainland to make a living as housemaids

3. However, for reasons she long refused to disclose, the sharp-tongued and irreverent Anode fled this life and declared herself instead an archaeologist, treasure-hunter, and adventurer.

4. A sharp-tongued and increasingly controversial figure at the same time, Jerome subsequently turned into the target of Antiascetic criticism and, once bereft of papal protection, had to leave Rome for good

5. The word Bitter comes from the ancient Greek meaning “sharp or pointed.” Anyone who has been on the receiving end of a Bitter person with a predisposition for ‘sharp-tongued’ remarks knows that words—especially carefully crafted by a wordsmith’s hateful, …

6. ‘Meanwhile, in another city close to my heart, the concept of the football dream team is being Bruited anew.’ ‘It's been Bruited about by well-known theologians, sharp-tongued satirists and social critics (Mark Twain among others), but it's not really a very subtle point: The life of eternal blessedness sounds boring.’