Acerbic - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|əˈsɜːrbɪk|
Brit.
|əˈsɜːbɪk|
adjective
- sour or bitter in taste (syn: acerb, astringent)
- harsh or corrosive in tone (syn: acerb, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic)
- harsh or corrosive in tone (syn: acerb, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic)
an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose
Extra examples
...whispered a steady stream of acerbic comments as the lecturer droned on...
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