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
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.