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
//əˈsɝbɪti//
Synonyms for "acerbity" (86 found)
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5 entriesTranslations
30 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- саркастичност noun (harshness)
- стипчивост noun (sourness)
- тръпчивост noun (sourness)
Czech
4 entries- hořkost noun (sourness)
- jízlivost noun (harshness)
- kousavost noun (harshness)
- kyselost noun (sourness)
French
4 entries- acerbité noun (sourness)
- acerbité noun (harshness)
- amertume noun (sourness)
- amertume noun (harshness)
Galician
1 entries- acerbidade noun (harshness)
German
2 entries- Bitterkeit noun (harshness)
- Sauerkeit noun (sourness)
Hindi
1 entries- कसैलापन noun (sourness)
Latin
2 entries- acerbitās noun (sourness)
- acerbitās noun (harshness)
Pangasinan
1 entries- pasager noun (sourness)
Portuguese
2 entries- acerbidade noun (sourness)
- acerbidade noun (harshness)
Russian
2 entries- терпкость noun (sourness)
- язвительность noun (harshness)
Spanish
3 entries- acerbidad noun (sourness)
- acerbidad noun (harshness)
- amargura noun (sourness)
Swedish
2 entries- bitterhet noun (harshness)
- syrlighet noun (sourness)
Tagalog
1 entries- pakla noun (sourness)
Turkish
1 entries- burukluk noun (sourness)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
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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