Acerbic synonyms
ə-sûrb'
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Part of speech:
The definition of tart is something that has a sharp or sour taste.
Stern or forbidding, as in manner or appearance:
sarcastic (related)
Expressing or marked by sarcasm.
Acid is defined as something that has a sour taste, or something that has a pH of less than 7 in chemistry.
Acrid is defined as a sharp, bitter taste or smell that is unpleasant.
(Geol.) Designating or of igneous rocks with more than 66% silica
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Relating to an animal or animals capable of biting, especially an insect.
That can burn, eat away, or destroy tissue by chemical action; corrosive
abrupt (related)
Having sudden transitions from one subject or state to another; unconnected; disjointed. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
Having a harsh, biting quality
Designating or having a sharp, often unpleasant taste; acrid, as quinine or peach stones
Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid.
Too strong to the taste; bitter
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Strongly affecting the senses of smell and taste:
Causing, or connected with, acetification; as, acetous fermentation.
Somewhat sarcastic
No longer wet:
Having a tang, or pleasantly sharp flavor
Capable of or designed for incising, shearing, or severing:
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Caustic; sarcastic.
Penetrating, biting, or caustic:
The definition of scathing is something or someone severely and harshly critical.
Dashing; pelting:
(Figuratively) Keen; biting; vigorously effective and articulate; severe; as, trenchant wit.
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Of, similar to, or derived from a vitriol.
taste (related)
Having a noticeably sharp pungent taste or smell
attack (related)
Designed or used for carrying out a hostile or aggressive attack
respect (related)
So sharp as to cause mental pain
Harsh; severe:
Characteristic of or emanating from burning sulfur.
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(Chiefly UK) Alternative spelling of sulfurous.
Extremely hostile or malicious:
amaroidal
escharotic
Capable of producing an eschar
nose-tickling
tartish
Of or suggesting a prostitute:
Not sweetened
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laconic (related)
witty (related)
sardonic (related)
self-deprecate (related)
erudite (related)
engagingly (related)
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droll (related)
waspish (related)
incisive (related)
unsentimental (related)
epigrammatic (related)
irreverent (related)
Find another word for acerbic. In this page you can discover 55 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for acerbic, like: sour, tart, severe, sarcastic, acid, acrid, acidic, biting, caustic, abrupt and astringent.
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