Acerbic

Definitions: Acerbic

Acerbic

Adjective

1. Sour or bitter in taste.

2. 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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Acerbic

Asceticism

Adjective: ascetic, austere, puritanical; cynical; over-religious; acerbic.

Bitterness

Adjective: bitter, bitterish, acrid, acerb, acerbic.

Crosswords: Acerbic

Political Economy

Pakistan

The electronic media are strictly controlled by the state and are notorious for their acerbic propaganda against India and the domestic political opposition. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Beginning with "acerbic": acerbic-looking.

Afrikaan

skerp (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, sharp), bitter (bitter). (various references)

Bulgarian 

стипчив (acerb, rough, sharp), язвителен (acerb, acid, acidulated, acrid, acrimonious, adust, biting, cutting, incisive, mordant, poignant, pungent, sardonic, splenetic, stinging, trenchant, vinegary, vitriolic, waspish), саркастичен (acerb, epigrammatic, mordant, sarcastic, sarky, satiric, tart), хаплив (acerb, acidulous, caustic, mordant, peppery, poignant, pungent, scratchy, severe, shrewd, tart), тръпчив (acerb, harsh), критичен (acerb, censorious, climacteric, critical, judicial, touch and go, volatile). (various references)

Catalan

amarg (bitter), agut (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, sharp). (various references)

Chinese 

澀 (grating, tart). (various references)

Czech

kousavý (acrid, barbed, bitchy, biting, caustic, cutting, dry, pointed, scathing, snappy, tart, vitriolic, waspish), jízlivý (blistering, catty, scathing, sneering, snide, spiteful, unkind, waspish, wry). (various references)

Danish

skarp (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, cut, cutting, gassy, harsh, lurid, piquant, sharp), bitter (bitter). (various references)

Dutch

adstringerend (acid, astringent, constringent, harsh, tart), zuur (acetous, acid, acidic, bitter, brutal, gruff, harsh, heartburn, rough, sour, sullen, surly, tart, unkind, unpleasant), wrang (acid, acrid, astringent, constringent, harsh, sour, tart), snerpend (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, sharp), schril (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, sharp, shrill), scherp (abrasive, accurate, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, bleak, cutting, exactly, harsh, lurid, nutty, precise, sharp, sour, tart), schel (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, alarm, bell, harsh, lurid, sharp, shrill, sour, tart), samentrekkend (acid, astringent, constringent, harsh, tart), guur (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, bleak, lurid, sharp), fel (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, bile, intense, intensive, lurid, sharp), doordringend (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, harsh, lurid, sharp, sour, tart), bitter (bitter), býtend (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, sharp). (various references)

Esperanto

acerba (acid, harsh, sour, tart). (various references)

Faeroese

hvassur (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, sharp), beiskur (bitter). (various references)

Finnish

terävä (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, keen, lurid, peaky, sharp, tart). (various references)

French

astringent (acid), amer (acid), aigu (acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute), aigre (acetic, acetous, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute), agaçant (acrid), acerbe (acid, acrid, acrimonious), acéré (acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute), tranchant (acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute), rude (acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute), piquant (acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute), percant (acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute), coupant (acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute), âcre (acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute). (various references)

Frisian

skerp (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, sharp), bitsich (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, sharp), bekjelûkerich (acid, acrid, astringent, constringent, harsh, tart). (various references)

German

adstringierend (acid, aspero, astringent, constringent, harsh, rough, tart), zusammenziehend (acid, astringent, constricting, constringent, contracting, harsh, summarizing, tart), scharf (abrasive, acid, acrid, acridly, acrimonious, acute, biting, bitter, caustic, clear, closely, cool, cracking, cutting, discerning, drastic, ferocious, fierce, fiery, gassy, hard, harsh, highly seasoned, horny, hot, incisive, keen, keenly, live, lurid, marked, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, piercingly, piquant, poignant, poignantly, precise, pungent, pungently, quick, Randy, raw, razor-sharp, rough, savage, scabrous, scathing, scathingly, severe, sexy, sharp, sharp-edged, sharply, shrewd, shrill, sibilant, slashing, spanking, strict, strong, tangy, tart, tough, trenchant, twangy, vehement, venomous, virulent), herb (abrasive, acetous, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, aspero, austere, bitter, cruel, dour, dry, harsh, harshly, lurid, rough, rude, severe, sharp, sour, tangy, tart, tartly), grell (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, blazing, dazzling, flashy, garish, garishly, gaudily, gaudy, glaring, harsh, harshly, loud, loudly, lurid, luridly, penetratingly, piercing, raw, sharp, showy, shrill, strident, violent), gallig (acrid, biliary, caustic, gall-like, liverish), bitter (abject, acrid, acrimoniously, bitter, bitterly, bitters, cruel, deadly, grievous, hard, nasty, painful, pungent). (various references)

Greek 

στυφός (acrid, astringent, tart). (various references)

Hungarian

savanyú (acerb, acetous, acid, crabby, dour, eager, frumpish, sour, tart, to wear a long face), fanyar (acid, acrid, acrimonious, austere, crusty, dry, frumpish, harsh, sour, tart), csípős (acrimonious, caustic, crispy, eager, hot, keen, nettled, nippy, parky, poignant, prickly, sarky, scathing, shrewd, snappish, tart, waspy). (various references)

Icelandic

skarpur (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, sharp), leiftandi (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, sharp), hrjúfur (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, sharp), beittur (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, sharp), beiskur (acid, acrid, harsh, sour, tart). (various references)

Irish

géar (sharp). (various references)

Italian

tagliente (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, biting, clipping, cutter, cutting, cutting edge, drill bit, edgy, jackbit insert, keen, lurid, nipping, Pierce lever, sharp, slicing, stridently, trenchant), piccante (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, hot, lurid, nutty, piquant, racy, salty, sharp, spicy), aspro (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, bitter, foxy, gruff, harsh, hoarse, lurid, rough, rugged, scathing, sharp, smart, sour, stark, tart, uncharitable), appuntito (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, pointed, sharp, sharp-edged), amaro (bitter, bitters), aguzzo (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, cutting, keen, lurid, peaked, pointed, sharp), affilato (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, cutting, edgy, keen, lurid, narrow, sharp, slender, thin), acuto (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, cute, discerning, discriminating, high, high note, high pitched, incisive, intense, keen, lancinating, lurid, nasty, neat, penetrating, piercing, piping, poignant, pointed, severe, sharp, shrewd, shrill). (various references)

Malay

pahit (bitter). (various references)

Norwegian

sur (acetous, acid, bitter, crabby, dismal, grumpy, sour, tart), bitter (bitter). (various references)

Papiamen

marga (bitter). (various references)

Pig Latin

acerbicay

Polish

ostry (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, severe, sharp, strict). (various references)

Portuguese

amaro, amargoso, amargo (bitter, bittering, salt, sour), agudo (acute, argute, brazen, clear-sighted, high pitched, incisive, keen, out and out, penetrating, penguin, piercing, poignant, pungent, sharp, shrill, smart, treble, trenchant), afiado (acuminate, clear-sighted, keen, sharp), adstringente (astringent, constringent, harsh, sour, styptic, tart), acre (acre, acrid, bitter, harsh, mordacious, poignant, pungent, sharp, sour, tart, vinegary), acerbo (acetous, acrid, green, harsh, poignant, sour, tart, vinegary), ríspido (crude, harsh, sharp, surly), picante (acrid, biting, home affairs, hot, jujitsu, mordacious, nippy, peppery, piquant, poignant, pungent, racy, risque, rough, salty, Savory, savoury, sharp, spicy, stinging, tart), penetrante (biting, bitter, clear-sighted, discrimination, in depth, incisive, keen, penetrant, penetrating, penetrative, perspicacity, pervasive, piercing, pointed, screaming, screamy, searching, sharp, sharply, shooting, shrill, smart, subtil, subtile, subtle), cortante (biting, clear-sighted, clipping, cutter, cutting, cutting edge, incisive, jackbit insert, keen, nipping, nippy, Parky, sharp, slashing, trenchant). (various references)

Russian 

едкий (acerb, acrid, biting, caustic, corrosive, mordant, poignant, pungent, scalding, scathing, sulphurous, tart, vitriolic). (various references)

Scottish

geur (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, bitter, lurid, sharp, sharp pointed, shrewd; acrid). (various references)

Spanish

amargo (bitter), agudo (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, high, lurid, penetrating, piping, poignant, quick, quick-witted, raging, ready, searing, severe, sharp, sharp-witted, shrill), afilado (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, grinding, hone, keen, lurid, setting, sharp, sharp-edged, sharpening, sharply-edged, whetting). (various references)

Sranan

srapu (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, sharp, sharpen), bita (bitter). (various references)

Swahili

-kali (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, hot, lurid, sharp), -chungu (bitter). (various references)

Swedish

amper (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, pungent, sharp), skarp (abrasive, acid, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, acuate, acute, bitter, caustic, cutting, discriminative, discriminatory, edgy, emphatic, fulminant, glaring, hot, in focus, incisive, keen, lurid, penetrating, perceptive, pungent, quick, salty, scathing, severe, sharp, slashing, smart), kärv (aspero, astringent, bitter, harch, harsh, rough, strident), gräll (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, garish, glaring, jazzy, loud, lurid, sharp), gäll (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, high pitched, jarring, lurid, sharp, shrill, strident), egg (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, cutting edge, edge, list, listing, lurid, selvage, selvedge, separating edge, sharp, woven selvedge), bitter (acrid, acrimonious, acute, bitter, jaundiced, severe, vitriolic), besk (bitter, bitters, stewed, tart). (various references)

Tagalog

matúlis (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, sharp), matálas (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, sharp), mapaít (bitter). (various references)

Turkish

aci (ache, affliction, annoyance, bitter, dejection, disappointment, grief, pain, sadness, sorrow), xíddetlí (bitter), keskín (bitter). (various references)

Ukranian 

різкий (abrupt, acrid, acute, argute, bluffy, brief, brusque, curt, harsh, nippy, point blank, raucous, snappish, stark, trenchant, vehement, violent), терпкий (acerb, austere, tart), кислий (acerb, acetous, acid, acidic, eager, raised, sour, tart, vinegary), непри�"мний (bad, beastly, brackish, disagreeable, displeased, displeasing, distasteful, grisly, hack, importune, nasty, objectionable, obnoxious, offensive, painful, plaguy, poor, provoking, snooty, tedious, ugly, unfavorable, unfavourable, ungracious, ungrateful, unlovable, unloveable, unlovely, unpleasant, unwelcome). (various references)

Yucatec

yeh (abrasive, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, sharp), k'aah (bitter). (various references)

acer, acerbus, acutus, amarulentus, amarus, austerus. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "acerbic": acerbically. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Acerbic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acebric, acerba, acerbit, acerdic, acermic, acserbic, Aderdice, Akirebi, Amerbach, anerbic, ascerbic, aserbic, Atebrin, Auerback, Averbuch. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: breccia.

-1 letter: caribe.

-2 letters: acerb, areic, baric, brace, caber, ceiba, cerci, ceria, ceric, circa, erica, rabic.

-3 letters: abri, acre, bare, bear, bice, bier, brae, brie, carb, care, ceca, cire, crab, crib, race, rice.

-4 letters: ace, air, arb, arc, are, bar, bra, cab, car, ear, era, ice, ire, reb, rec, rei, ria, rib.

-5 letters: ab, ae, ai, ar, ba, be, bi, er, re.

+1 letter: breccial, breccias.

+2 letters: brecciate.

+3 letters: bacteremic, brecciated, brecciates, corbiculae.

+4 letters: acerbically, bactericide, bacteriocin, brecciating, brecciation, mobocracies, practicable.

+5 letters: accreditable, bactericidal, bactericides, bacteriocins, brecciations, buccaneering, buccaneerish, bureaucratic, cherubically, circulatable, contractible, crackbrained, criticizable, cybernetical, microbalance, mycobacteria, reconcilable.

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