ACERBITY Synonyms

• a rough and bitter manner

• a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

• a rough and bitter manner

• the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth

• the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste

• the property of being acidic

• the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth

• pH values below 7

• strong and sharp

• harsh or corrosive in tone

• wit having a sharp and caustic quality

• a strong odor or taste property

• a quick and penetrating intelligence

• the attribute of urgency in tone of voice

• a strong odor or taste property

• the quality of being keenly and painfully felt

• thinness of edge or fineness of point

• the quality of being sharp and clear

• harshness of manner

• the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth

• the property of being acidic

• a sullen moody resentful disposition

• yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood; can be a symptom of gallstones or liver infection or anemia

• a rough and bitter manner

• distort adversely

• affect with, or as if with, jaundice

• the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines

• a rough and bitter manner

• The property of being full of difficulties, complexities, or controversial points.