MEANING
1. Sharp and biting in expression or manner.
2. Sharply sour or harsh in taste.
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- acerbic wit
- acerbic comment
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Her acerbic comment ended the discussion.
The narrator’s acerbic wit spared nobody.
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Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more acerbic; superlative most acerbic where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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