Definition of "sharp-worded" []

• Harsh (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "And Goll loosened the covering that was about it, and he gave Fergus a good reward from it as he was used to do; for there never was a wise, sharp-worded poet, or a sweet harp-player, or any learned man of Ireland or of Alban, but Goll would give him gold or silver or some good thing."
• "And she also has some advice for President Obama and sharp-worded assessments of Bernie Madoff and AIG bonuses."
• "Speaker Nabih Berri, sent a sharp-worded letter to MP Michel Aoun on what he viewed as a provocation and the imposition of a fait accompli in the south and said to him: I am neither Elie Skaff nor Talal Arslan to impose on me your candidates"