Acerbic \A*cerb"ic\, a.
Sour or severe.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
acerbic
adj 1: sour or bitter in taste [syn: acerb, astringent, sharp]
2: 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" [syn: acerb, acid, acrid, bitter,
blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, venomous,
virulent, vitriolic]
WordNet (r) 2.0
73 Moby Thesaurus words for "acerbic":
acerb, acerbate, acescent, acetose, acid, acidic, acidulent,
acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, amaroidal, asperous, astringent,
biting, bitter, bitter as gall, burning, caustic, choleric, coarse,
corroding, corrosive, crab, crabbed, cutting, dry, embittered,
escharotic, green, hard, harsh, incisive, irritating, keen,
mordacious, mordant, nose-tickling, penetrating, pickled, piercing,
piquant, poignant, pungent, rancorous, rankled, resentful,
resenting, rough, scathing, scorching, sec, severe, sharp, sore,
sour, sour as vinegar, soured, sourish, splenetic, stabbing,
stewing, stinging, tart, tartish, trenchant, unripe, unsweet,
unsweetened, vinegarish, vinegary, virulent, vitriolic,
withering
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
acerb, acid, acrid, astringent, bitter, blistering, caustic, sharp, sulfurous, sulphurous, venomous, virulent, vitriolic
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