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acerb
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adjective (a)
- Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit; sharp and harsh.(adjective)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- harsh or corrosive in tone(adj.all)Example:
An acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose.
Synonym:
acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolicsource: wordnet30
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