acerbic

Meaning of acerbic

adjective
  1. (especially of a comment or style of speaking) sharp and forthright.
    his acerbic wit
  2. tasting sour or bitter.

mid 19th century: from Latin acerbus ‘sour-tasting’ + -ic.

Information about acerbic

  • It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of acerbic

acer-bic

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • acerbic is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

acerbic synonyms

Meaning acerb:

acerb, astringent, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, venomous, virulent, vitriolic

Meaning (of words or a speaker) critical or hurtful:

sharp

Meaning marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt:

sarcastic

Meaning grimly mocking or cynical:

sardonic

Meaning sarcastic, critical, and mocking another's weaknesses:

satirical

Meaning witheringly scornful; severely critical:

scathing

Meaning (of a comment) causing emotional pain; hurtful:

cutting

Meaning (of a person or mental process) intelligently analytical and clear-thinking:

incisive

Meaning able to make a way through or into something:

penetrating

Meaning having or showing shrewdness or keen intelligence:

piercing

Meaning (of wit or criticism) harsh or cruel:

biting

Meaning having a sting; capable of wounding or piercing with a sting:

stinging

Meaning extremely hot or intense:

searing

Meaning having or showing eagerness or enthusiasm:

keen

Meaning vigorous or incisive in expression or style:

trenchant

Meaning (typically of speech or discussion) angry and bitter:

acrimonious

Meaning unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses:

harsh

Meaning (of something bad or undesirable) very great; intense:

severe

Meaning highly destructive or damaging:

devastating

Meaning showing little concern for the feelings of others; harsh:

abrasive

Meaning causing physical injury:

wounding

Meaning causing distress to someone's feelings:

hurtful

Meaning inconsiderate and harsh to others:

unkind

Meaning wilfully causing pain or suffering to others, or feeling no concern about it:

cruel

Meaning (especially of humour) having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting:

mordant

Meaning readily expressing anger or irritation:

waspish

Meaning (of a substance or plant) causing or capable of causing death or illness if taken into the body:

poisonous

Meaning showing or caused by malice:

spiteful

Meaning deliberately cruel or violent:

vicious

Meaning characterized by malice; intending or intended to do harm:

malicious

Meaning malicious or spitefully critical:

bitchy

Meaning deliberately hurtful in one's remarks; spiteful:

catty

Meaning sarcastic:

sarky

Meaning critical or mocking in an indirect or sarcastic way:

snarky

Meaning denoting or using biting sarcasm or invective:

mordacious

Meaning sharp-tasting; sour:

acidulous

Meaning having an acid taste like lemon or vinegar:

sour

Meaning having the properties of an acid, or containing acid; having a pH below 7:

acidic

Meaning slightly acidic:

acidulated

Meaning an open pastry case containing a sweet or savoury filling:

tart

Meaning (of food or drink) without sugar or a similar substance having been added:

unsweetened

Meaning of or like vinegar or acetic acid:

acetic

Meaning producing or resembling vinegar:

acetous

Meaning tasting of or containing vinegar:

vinegary

Meaning (of comment, criticism, or humour) having a sharp and caustic quality:

pungent

Meaning causing discomfort, unhappiness, or revulsion; disagreeable:

unpleasant

Meaning causing dislike or aversion; disagreeable or unpleasant:

distasteful

acerbic antonyms

Meaning not severe, serious, or harsh:

mild

Meaning a group of people or things having similar characteristics:

kind

Meaning having the pleasant taste characteristic of sugar or honey; not salt, sour, or bitter:

sweet

Translation of acerbic

Anagrams of acerbic

breccia

Words that rhyme with acerbic

hydroxyimberbic, proverbic, terbic, unacerbic, ytterbic, Erythorbic, araboascorbic, ascorbic, azaascorbic, dehydroascorbic, dodecylcarbomethylascorbic, erythorbic, ethylascorbic, glucoascorbic, hydrosorbic, isoascorbic, isohydrosorbic, orbic, palmitoylascorbic, parasorbic, sorbic, testascorbic, xyloascorbic, urbic

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