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Definition of acerbity in English English dictionary
- Harshness, bitterness, or severity; as, acerbity of temper, of language, of pain
- Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit
- sourness, with bitterness and astringency
- {n} a roughness, sourness, sharpness
- a sharp sour taste
- a sharp bitterness
- a sharp and bitter manner
- Acerbity is a kind of bitter, critical humour
- {i} sourness, astringency; harshness, bitterness (of temper)
- a sharp sour taste a sharp bitterness
- acerb
- Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit
- acerb
- {a} a bitter, sharp, sour, rough, harsh, severe
- acerb
- Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit; sharp and harsh
- acerb
- sour or bitter in taste
- acerb
- Sharp and harsh in expressing oneself
- acerb
- 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"
- acerb
- {s} acerbic, sour, bitter
Related Terms
acerbity
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a·cer·bi·tySynonyms
acidity, asperity, astringency, mordancy, sourness, tartness, acrimoniousness, causticity, ill temper, irritability, rancor, rudeness, sarcasm, sarcasticness, vitriolicismPronunciation
Etymology
() From French acerbité, from Latin acerbitās (“acerbity; harshness”), from acerbus (“bitter”). See acerb.Resimler
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