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• a  of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur
• s  harsh or corrosive in tone
  a sulfurous denunciation
• s  characterized by oppressive heat and humidity
  the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm

• The skies were leaden with fumes from the sulfurous lignite used to generate electricity.
• At aerospace plants across the country, the mood was no less sulfurous.
• Two flight attendants struggled with the tall, unkempt man after one of them noticed the sulfurous smell of a lighted match.

• sulphurous
• acerb
• acerbic
• acid
• acrid
• bitter
• blistering
• caustic
• virulent
• vitriolic
• sultry
• stifling

News & Articles

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• LeBrun: A total fail at our Capitol
  LeBrun: A total fail at our Capitol That sulfurous smell hovering over the Capitol should abate in a day or two now that the legislative session from hell has folded. Not entirely, of course, because of those who reside there year-round. But what an utterly dissatisfying failure of a session it was. It was dismal for the governor, the Legislature, a promised progressive agenda that turned to ...
  June 24, 2013 - Albany Times Union

Quotes

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• Bob Shrum in International Herald Tribune
  It's not the going to the convention, it's how sulfurous and negative this gets,Shrum said of the Clinton-Obama battle.
• Bill Ayers in Chicago Sun-Times
  Michelle Obama has become the queen, not just of America, but of the world,Ayers said. "Just a few months ago, she was being dragged through the media in what one New York Times person called 'Round Two of the sulfurous national game of...