Word "ACERB" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
sour or bitter in taste
Synonyms:
acerbic, astringent

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
harsh or corrosive in tone
Synonyms:
acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic
Examples:
an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose

Crossword Clues for ACERB

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Bitter and sour (5)
One primarily relishing beer - bitter The Times Cryptic 25 Mar 2024
Bitter Eugene Sheffer 20 Mar 2024
Bitter or sour
Brace up - you're bitter and sour about it (5)
Sour-brace" anagram?
Bitter, old-style
Sharp, professional tips from rich businessman (5)
Sharp or biting
Bitter-tasting Newsday 17 Nov 2023
Bitter as a native of Belgrade, do we hear? The Times Quick Cryptic 27 Sep 2023
Sour-tasting Wall Street Journal 17 Aug 2023
Shorter form of a term meaning bitter or sour in flavour, or forthright in speech The Times Specialist Sunday 30 Jul 2023
Sour, literarily Wall Street Journal 03 Jun 2023
Top-notch crust of rhubarb tart The Times Cryptic 25 Apr 2023
Bitter-tasting Newsday 04 Dec 2022
Caustic Newsday 20 Nov 2022
Sour-tasting Newsday 23 Sep 2022
Biting LA Times Daily 10 Apr 2022
Biting The Washington Post 10 Apr 2022
One empty beer returned for bitter The Guardian Cryptic 13 Jan 2022
One empty beer returned for bitter
Biting, as wit The Washington Post 11 Jul 2021
Biting, as wit LA Times Daily 11 Jul 2021
Bitter Eugene Sheffer 13 May 2021
Bitter and excellent case of beer on the counter The Telegraph Toughie 04 May 2021
Serve Republican British bitter
Mouth-puckering New York Times 23 Aug 2020
Bitter The Washington Post 26 Apr 2020
Bitter LA Times Daily 26 Apr 2020
Sharp, as criticism New York Times 25 Apr 2020
Sour-tasting Premier Sunday 09 Feb 2020
Biting, as criticism The Washington Post 19 Nov 2019
Biting, as criticism LA Times Daily 19 Nov 2019
Sarcastic Canadiana 18 Nov 2019
Great British king swallowed bitter The Telegraph Toughie 20 Aug 2019
Biting LA Times Daily 18 Aug 2019
Biting The Washington Post 18 Aug 2019
Bitter, literarily Wall Street Journal 07 Aug 2019
Sour-tasting Newsday 28 Jun 2019
Reporters can find Djokovic possibly bitter
A 21 neighbour, reportedly bitter
Biting
Bitter, literarily
Great Britain's flipping harsh
Sour New York Times 12 Nov 2018
Mordant Wall Street Journal 10 Nov 2018
Astringent Canadiana 03 Sep 2018
Bitterly harsh Universal 26 Jun 2018
Acidic to the taste Universal 07 May 2018
Bitter as a native of Belgrade, by the sound of it
Sarcastic Universal 18 Apr 2018
Severe, as criticism LA Times Daily 19 Mar 2018
Severe, as criticism The Washington Post 19 Mar 2018
Serve Republican British bitter
Cutting a single diamond, maybe, and odd bits of ruby
Bitter tasting Universal 18 Jan 2018
Cutting The Washington Post 04 Jan 2018
Cutting LA Times Daily 04 Jan 2018
Bitter-tasting
Cutting
Sarcastic
Caustic
Mordant
Bitterly harsh
Sour
Bitter
Acidic to the taste
Bitter tasting
With a tart taste Universal 06 Dec 2017
Sharp New York Times 29 Sep 2017
Like the taste of vinegar Universal 05 Sep 2017
Sour in taste Premier Sunday 18 Jun 2017
Like the taste of vinegar
With a tart taste
Sharp
Astringent in taste The Washington Post 22 Nov 2016
Lip-puckering Universal 05 Aug 2016
Like immature fruit Universal 02 Aug 2016
Astringent in taste LA Times Daily 11 Jul 2016
Sharp-tongued USA Today 25 Apr 2016
Tart LA Times Daily 21 Apr 2016
Like lemon juice Universal 23 Feb 2016
Having a bite LA Times Daily 02 Jan 2016
Like immature fruit
Lip-puckering
Having a bite
Astringent in taste
Harsh LA Times Daily 21 Oct 2015
Bitter New York Times 20 Oct 2015
Very tart USA Today 04 Sep 2015
Harsh New York Times 11 Jun 2015
Having a bite USA Today 18 May 2015
Sour or bitter in taste USA Today 27 Mar 2015
Bitter-tasting Universal 15 Mar 2015
A chap in Belgrade picked up bitter The Times Cryptic 10 Mar 2015
Like lemon juice USA Today 07 Mar 2015
Harsh in taste USA Today 05 Mar 2015
Bitter in taste USA Today 25 Feb 2015
Rex gets stuck into terrific Bass bitter
Very tart
Like lemon juice
Having a bite
Harsh in taste
Bitter in taste
Sour or bitter in taste
Tart in tone
Like lemon juice
Harsh
Tart of tone
Bitter
Harsh
Excellent R&B makes you harsh and bitter
Tart
Acid-tongued
Like unripe fruit
Bitter
Acidic
Like a lemon
Bitter-tasting
Like a sourball
Lip-puckering
Bitter-tasting
Sour-tasting
Like lemon juice (var.)
Sharp-tasting
Caustic
Biting
First pieces of April crop – early rhubarb, but bitter and sour
Account depressing topless Balkan tart
Sharp
Acidic
Severe, as criticism
Acid-tongued
Harsh
Bitter
Bitter, in poetry
Bitter to the taste
Sharp-tongued
Tart-tasting
Sour-tasting
Having a bite
Tangy
Bitter-tasting
Sardonic
Sharp-tongued
Biting
Severe, as criticism
Sharp-tongued
Having a bite
Astringent
Acid-tongued
Bitter in taste
Like vinegar
Severe, as criticism
Bitter to the taste
Acid-tongued
Scathing
Bitter
Sarcastic
Like a sourball
Biting
Sour-tasting
Harsh, as criticism
Sour tasting, oldstyle
Sour
Tart-tasting
Harsh, as criticism
Bitter
Bitter
Harsh
Sour in taste
Harsh, as criticism
Sour tasting, oldstyle
Biting
Biting
Sharp-tongued
Having a bite
In a sour mood
Sharp-tasting
Sour
Sour-tasting, old-style
Sour
Bitter-tasting
Acid-tongued
Biting
Sour tasting, old-style
Like a sourball
Sour
Sour
Sharp-tasting
In a sour mood
Vinegary
Like vinegar
Sour
Tart
Sharp
Caustic
Sour-tasting
Sharp
Like lemon juice
Sour
Biting
Cutting, as criticism
Bitter tasting
Sour
Like a sourball
Tangy
Sharp-tongued
Caustic
Very tart
Sour-tasting
Biting
Biting
Biting
Tart-tasting
Sour-tasting
Sour
Sour
Bitter-tasting
Acid-tongued
Astringent
Tart
Sharply bitter, as a comment
Harsh
Sharp in taste
Tart
Bitter about grim and dangerous guardian? Not half
Harsh
Sharp, as a comment
Lemony
Like a sourball
Tart
Bitterly written
Biting
Like unripe fruit
Bitter to the taste
Bitterly harsh
Bitter
Bitter tasting
Mordant
Ill-tempered
Sharp of tongue
Acid
Like unripe fruit
Lip-puckering
Sour in taste
Vinegary
Acidulous
Somewhat sour
Sarcastic
Sour tasting
Sharp and harsh
Very critical
Like green apples
Pungent
Sharply bitter
Sour.
Harsh.
Sharp.
Bitingly ironic.
Sharply critical.
Bitter.
Acid in mood.
Biting.
Unsweet.
Pungent.
Vinegary.
Sharp and harsh.
Cousin of 33 Across.
Harsh and sharp.
Harsh-tasting.
Sharp-tasting.
Sour and astringent.
Sour of flavor.
Acidic
Tart in tone
Caustic
Biting
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