Crossword clues for acerbate
acerbate
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Acerbate \A*cerb"ate\, v. t. [L. acerbatus, p. p. of acerbare, fr. acerbus.] To sour; to imbitter; to irritate.
Wiktionary
(context rare English) embittered; having a sour disposition or nature. v
1 To exasperate; to irritate. 2 To make bitter or sour.
WordNet
Usage examples of "acerbate".
Turns out she had been on the extreme end of the hairy-scary scale at the time, being stressed about Piscary wanting her to make me a toy or kill me, acerbated by her guilt at her desire for blood and trying to abstain from it.
In Nantes and Angers, in Saumur, Thouars, and other towns in which the presence of Republican forces commanded the adhesion of the inhabitants this event was commemorated by illuminations, but this very show of joy at so cruel a murder, more than the murder itself, acerbated the feelings both of the gentry and the peasants.
The whole story angered de Lescure, whose temper was acerbated by his own inactivity and suffering, and whose common sense could not endure the seeming folly of putting confidence in so mysterious a warrior.
Turns out she had been on the extreme end of the hairy-scary scale at the time, being stressed about Piscary wanting her to make me a toy or kill me, acerbated by her guilt at her desire for blood and trying to abstain from it.
Her arm throbbed from the clawing and she cradled it against her, the pain acerbating her other complaints.
At first they were both extremely angry, acerbating each other's wrath.