acerbity
noun
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Definition of acerbity
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Synonyms & Antonyms for acerbity
Synonyms
acidity, acidness, acridity, acridness, acrimoniousness, acrimony, acuteness, asperity, bite, bitterness, edge, harshness, keenness, poignance, poignancy, pungency, roughness, sharpness, tartness
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Examples of acerbity in a Sentence
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Overly harsh with citrus, the fish was like an Italianate ceviche, and its acerbity drowned the satiny, subtle panna cotta. — Kate Washington, sacbee, "If Allora can learn to relax a little, it will be one of the city's best restaurants | The Sacramento Bee," 11 May 2018 By now Dimon is nearly iconic in his acerbity and general spikiness. — Daniel Gross, Slate Magazine, "Jamie Dimon Is Fed Up With No One in Particular," 17 July 2017 And yet another worried about the prospect of a boycott of their companies’ products depending on the acerbity of their words. — Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, "Frantic Phoning Among C.E.O.s: How to Address Trump Ban?," 30 Jan. 2017 Its emotional harshness and quasi-confessional acerbity is radically untimely—and therefore enduring. — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, "Highlights from the 2017 Sundance Film Festival," 25 Jan. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'acerbity.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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