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Acerbity

Acerbity Meaning & Definition
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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