Acerbic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Sour or bitter tasting; acid. See Synonyms at bitter.
  • adj. Sharp or biting, as in character or expression: "At times, the playwright allows an acerbic tone to pierce through otherwise arid or flowery prose” ( Alvin Klein).
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  • adj. Sour or bitter.
  • adj. Sarcastic or cynical.
  • adj. Sharp-tempered.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Sour or severe.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of a harsh character.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. sour or bitter in taste
  • adj. harsh or corrosive in tone
    • Equivalent
    sour    unpleasant   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    acrid    acerb    scathing   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    off-color    self-deprecating    un-english    caustic    crossgrained    off-topic    opinionated    trenchant    thrust-out    facetious   
     
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