Meaning acerbic
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acerbic(adj.) biting, bitter in tone or taste (Jill became extremely acerbic and began to cruelly make fun of all her friends.)
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acerbic1865, originally, and usually, figurative: "sour, harsh, severe" (of speech, manners, etc.), from Latin acerbus "harsh to the taste, sharp, bitter, sour" (see acerbity) + -ic.
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acerbic(adj) sour or bitter in taste(adj) harsh or corrosive in tone
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acerbicAcerbic: A wine-tasting term for a Bitter, tart, flavor caused by fermenting unripened grapes.
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acerbic
Tasting sour or bitter.
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