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Acerbity
| Acerbity Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Acerbity?
[n] a sharp and bitter manner
[n] a sharp sour taste
[n] a sharp bitterness
Synonyms | Synonyms for Acerbity: acrimony |
bitterness |
jaundice |
tartness
Related Terms | Find terms related to Acerbity: acescency |
acid |
acidity |
acidness |
acidulousness |
acridity |
acridness |
acrimony |
animosity |
asperity |
astringence |
astringency |
bile |
bite |
bitingness |
bitter pill |
bitter resentment |
bitterness |
bitterness of spirit |
causticity |
causticness |
choler |
corrosiveness |
crabbedness |
cuttingness |
dourness |
dryness |
edge |
fierceness |
gall |
gall and wormwood |
gnashing of teeth |
greenness |
grip |
hard feelings |
harshness |
heartburning |
hyperacidity |
incisiveness |
keenness |
mordacity |
mordancy |
piercingness |
piquancy |
poignancy |
point |
pungency |
rancor |
rankling |
rigor |
roughness |
severity |
sharpness |
slow burn |
soreness |
sour |
sourishness |
sourness |
spleen |
stabbingness |
sting |
stridency |
stringency |
subacidity |
surliness |
tartishness |
tartness |
teeth |
trenchancy |
unripeness |
unsweetness |
vehemence |
verjuice |
vinegariness |
vinegarishness |
violence |
virulence
See Also | acidity |
bitter |
disagreeableness |
sour |
sourness
Acerbity In Webster's Dictionary
\A*cerb"i*ty\, n. [F. acerbit['e], L. acerbitas, fr.
acerbus. See {Acerb}.]
1. Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like
that of unripe fruit.
2. Harshness, bitterness, or severity; as, acerbity of
temper, of language, of pain. --Barrow.
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