刻薄话 meaning in English

caustic remarks

There are times when it goes beyond the flippancy, the easy depression .
有时也就不止是几句刻薄话，添几段淡淡的哀愁。
He had sharp, if not brilliant, tongue in his heada gift at times for making crisp and cynical remarks .
他嘴里长了个很锋利的舌头，虽然还说不上雄辩，这是他的一种天赋，有时候能说些切中要害的刻薄话。
Her caustic remark gave him a foretaste of her anger
她的刻薄话使他预感到她的愤怒。