Crossword clues for acerb
acerb
- Like a sourball
- Like vinegar
- Like a lemon
- Like lemon juice (var.)
- Bitterly harsh
- Sour tasting
- Sour or bitter in taste
- Severe, as criticism
- Bitter tasting
- In a sour mood
- Bitter to the taste
- Very tart
- Sharp, poetically
- Like immature fruit
- Harsh in taste
- With a tart taste
- Tart of tone
- Sharp, to poets
- Sharp, as criticism
- Sharp of tongue
- Like the taste of vinegar
- Bitter, literarily
- Bitter, in poetry
- Biting, variantly
- Acidic to the taste
- Lip-puckering
- Bitter in taste
- Harsh, as criticism
- Sour in taste
- Sharply bitter
- Biting, as criticism
- Tart in tone or temper
- Mordant
- Sour-tasting
- Sharp-tongued
- Having a bite
- Sharp-tasting
- Astringent in taste
- Caustic
- Sharp and harsh
- Vinegary
- Sarcastic
- Like unripe fruit
- Pungent
- Like green apples
- Very critical
- Somewhat sour
- Acidulous
- Serve Republican British bitter
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Acerb \A*cerb"\, a. [L. acerbus, fr. acer sharp: cf. F. acerbe. See Acrid.] Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit; sharp and harsh.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit. 2 Sharp and harsh in expressing oneself.
WordNet
adj. sour or bitter in taste [syn: acerbic, astringent, sharp]
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" [syn: acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, venomous, virulent, vitriolic]
Usage examples of "acerb".
But perhaps on Plause's level he would not encounter the acerb Illyan.
He does acerb almost better than anyone I know, except for my mother when she's lost her temper, which thank God is not very often.
He had grown taller: this she had expected, but not the change in his face which had lengthened and hardened and taken on an acerb refinement.