acerbity

  • 11acerbity — /euh serr bi tee/, n. 1. sourness, with roughness or astringency of taste. 2. harshness or severity, as of temper or expression. [1565 75; < L acerbitas. See ACERBIC, ITY] * * * …

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  • 12acerbity — Synonyms and related words: acescency, acid, acidity, acidness, acidulousness, acridity, acridness, acrimony, animosity, asperity, astringence, astringency, bile, bite, bitingness, bitter pill, bitter resentment, bitterness, bitterness of spirit …

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  • 13acerbity — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Sourness] Syn. astringency, tartness, acidity; see bitterness 1 . 2. [Harshness] Syn. irritability, asperity, mordancy; see roughness 2 , rudeness , sarcasm . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. 1. sourness bitterness,&#8230; …

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  • 14acerbity — a·cer·bi·ty || É™ sɜːbÉ™tɪ n. sourness, astringency; harshness, bitterness (of temper) …

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  • 15acerbity — n. 1. Sourness, astringency, roughness, acidity, acidness, tartness, acridity, acridness, bitterness. 2. Acrimony, acrimoniousness, severity, harshness, sternness, asperity, bitterness, venom, rancor, crabbedness, churlishness, moroseness,&#8230; …

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  • 16acerbity — n 1.(all of taste) sourness, bitterness, tartness, acidity, acidness, acridity, acridness, acidu lousness; pungency, sharpness, unsavoriness, roughness, harshness. 2.(all of expression or temperament) acrimony, causticity, virulence, mordancy,&#8230; …

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  • 17acerbity — acer·bi·ty …

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  • 18acerbity — See: acerbic …

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  • 19acerbity — /əˈsɜbəti / (say uh serbuhtee) noun (plural acerbities) 1. sourness, with roughness or astringency of taste. 2. harshness or severity, as of temper or expression. {French acerbité, from Latin acerbitas} …

  • 20acerbity —   n. bitterness, especially of feeling …

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