Associations to the word «Acerbic»
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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.