Pronunciation Adjective
acerbic
- Tasting sour or bitter.
- 1998 Aug. 5, Dr. Peter Gott, "[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9DUKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eT8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5548,946899&dq=acerbic-taste Can inhaler cause addiction?]," Catoosa County News (retrieved 19 Sep 2009):
- Those consumers who object to the acerbic taste of garlic can purchase de-odorized garlic or allicin extract.
- 1998 Aug. 5, Dr. Peter Gott, "[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9DUKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eT8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5548,946899&dq=acerbic-taste Can inhaler cause addiction?]," Catoosa County News (retrieved 19 Sep 2009):
- (figurative) Sharp, harsh, biting.
- 1986 Sept. 22, "[http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,962385,00.html West Germany: Last Taunts From the Lip]," Time (retrieved 25 Apr 2014):
- Supercompetent, superconfident and supercritical, Schmidt is a gifted orator whose acerbic wit earned him the nickname "Schmidt the Lip."
- 2005 May 5, Jay Mathews, "Don't Fire This Professor," Washington Post, p. T6:
- [H]e is one of the most acerbic people in his field, quick to take offense and not shy about telling people with whom he disagrees how much he thinks they have failed in thought and action.
- 1986 Sept. 22, "[http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,962385,00.html West Germany: Last Taunts From the Lip]," Time (retrieved 25 Apr 2014):
- (sour or bitter) acerb, acrid, acrimonious (archaic)
- (sharp, biting) acrid, acrimonious (archaic), scathing
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