Acerbity

Quick meaning: Acerbity is a noun meaning Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.

Meaning

Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.

More Meanings

1. Harshness, bitterness, or severity
2. (countable) Something harsh (e.g. a remark, act or experience).

Example Sentences

acerbity of temper, of language, of pain

This opera was mainly in the style of late Puccini, with acerbities stolen from Stravinsky.

[…] the recollection of that yesterday […] made him bear with the meekness and patience of a true-hearted man all the worrying little acerbities of to-day;

“Well ?” I repeated with some acerbity. I had been wondering for the last ten minutes how many more knots he would manage to make in that same bit of string before he actually started undoing them again.

Word Forms

• acerbities

Synonyms for acerbity

Depending on context, synonyms include bitterness, acrimony, jaundice, tartness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tartness, bitterness, acrimony, jaundice, sour, subacid.

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