"sharp tongue" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1819, Washington Irving, Rip Van Winkle",
          "text": "Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on; a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.",
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        {
          "ref": "1910, H. Rider Haggard, chapter 5, in Queen Sheba's Ring",
          "text": "He hated the Professor, who smelt the rogue in him, and scourged him continually with his sharp tongue.",
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          "ref": "2003 July 28, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “Washington Memo: Can a 'Wire Brush' Learn Civility?”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-05-12",
          "text": "Mr. Thomas rarely misses a chance to use his sharp tongue. Republicans are terrified of him; Democrats call him a bully.",
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        "The practice or characteristic of speaking to others in a harsh, critical, or insulting manner."
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        "(idiomatic) The practice or characteristic of speaking to others in a harsh, critical, or insulting manner."
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      "related": [
        {
          "word": "silver tongue"
        },
        {
          "word": "wicked tongue"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "speaking in a harsh manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "cięty język"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "óstryj jazýk",
          "sense": "speaking in a harsh manner",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "о́стрый язы́к"
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          "ref": "1819, Washington Irving, Rip Van Winkle",
          "text": "Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on; a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.",
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        },
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        {
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          "text": "Mr. Thomas rarely misses a chance to use his sharp tongue. Republicans are terrified of him; Democrats call him a bully.",
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        }
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        "The practice or characteristic of speaking to others in a harsh, critical, or insulting manner."
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          "critical",
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        "(idiomatic) The practice or characteristic of speaking to others in a harsh, critical, or insulting manner."
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "speaking in a harsh manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cięty język"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "óstryj jazýk",
      "sense": "speaking in a harsh manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "о́стрый язы́к"
    }
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