Associations to the word «Acerbic»

Wiktionary

ACERBIC, adjective. Tasting sour or bitter.
ACERBIC, adjective. Sharp, harsh, biting.

Dictionary definition

ACERBIC, adjective. Sour or bitter in taste.
ACERBIC, adjective. Harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope