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Definition of acerb in English English dictionary
- Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit
- Sharp and harsh in expressing oneself
- {a} a bitter, sharp, sour, rough, harsh, severe
- Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit; sharp and harsh
- sour or bitter in taste
- harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"
- {s} acerbic, sour, bitter
- acerbity
- Harshness, bitterness, or severity; as, acerbity of temper, of language, of pain
- acerbity
- sourness, with bitterness and astringency
- acerbity
- {n} a roughness, sourness, sharpness
- Acerbity
- a sharp sour taste
- Acerbity
- a sharp bitterness
- Acerbity
- a sharp and bitter manner
- acerbity
- Acerbity is a kind of bitter, critical humour
- acerbity
- Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit
- acerbity
- {i} sourness, astringency; harshness, bitterness (of temper)
- acerbity
- a sharp sour taste a sharp bitterness
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acerb
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a·cerbSynonyms
acerbicPronunciation
Etymology
[ &-'s&rb, a- ] (adjective.) 1622. Latin acerbus, from acer sharp: compare French acerbe. See acridResimler
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