Found 3 hits - Term: acerbic, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
acerbic \acerb"ic\, a.
sour or severe.
1913 webster
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
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
see also:
acerb astringent sharp acid acrid bitter
blistering caustic sulfurous sulphurous venomous
virulent vitriolic
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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