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acerbic

English

  1. 🔊 harsh or corrosive in tone
    “an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose”
  2. 🔊 sour or bitter in taste

Similar words

acerb acid acrid bitter blistering caustic sulfurous sulphurous virulent vitriolic acerb astringent acerb acerbate acescent acetose acid acidic acidulent acidulous acrid acrimonious amaroidal asperous