Synonyms for Acerbity

Synonyms for "acerbity" (90 found)

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Closest matches (18)

Noun(5 words)

acrimony bitterness tartness acidity asperities

acescency acid acidity acidness acidulousness acridity acridness acrimony animosity asperity astringence astringency bile

Strong matches (27)

bite bitingnessbitter pillbitter resentmentbitternessbitterness of spiritcausticity causticness choler corrosiveness crabbedness cuttingness dourness dryness edge fierceness fury gallgall and wormwoodgnashing of teeth

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greenness griphard feelingsharshness heartburning hyperacidity

Noun(1 words)

causticity

Related words (45)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

10 entries

acidity bitter bitterness disagreeablenessflavor propertyrhetorical qualitysour sournesstaste qualitytone

More specific

6 entries

aciditybiting witcaustic remarksarcasm sourness tartness

Collocations

6 entries

acerbic witbiting sarcasmcaustic remarkrhetorical acerbitysharp criticismverbal acerbity

Inflections

1 entries

acerbities

Derivations

2 entries

acerbic acerbically

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

An epigram is a short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterized by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by wisdom.

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acerbity of temper, of language, of pain

Source: wiktionary

“Well ?” I repeated with some acerbity. I had been wondering for the last ten minutes how many more knots he would manage to make in that same bit of string before he actually started undoing them again.

Source: wiktionary

[…] the recollection of that yesterday […] made him bear with the meekness and patience of a true-hearted man all the worrying little acerbities of to-day;

Source: wiktionary

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