acerbic
adjective
1 acerbic
Sour or bitter in taste.
synonyms: acerb, astringent.
Roget 955: ascetic, austere, puritanical; cynical; over-religious; acerbic.
2 acerbic
Harsh or corrosive in tone:
— An acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose.
synonyms: acerb, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic.
Moby thesaurus: acerb, acerbate, acescent, acetose, acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, amaroidal, asperous, astringent, biting, bitter, bitter as gall, burning, caustic, choleric, coarse ... show more.
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