acerbity

Noun

Meaning

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

Harshness, bitterness, or severity; as, acerbity of temper, of language, of pain.

Source: Webster's dictionary

bitterness jaundice acrimony tartness thorniness alkali wormwood venom malice dudgeon edge severity rage acidity rigidity

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amity tolerance affinity affection generosity familiarity

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bitter sour acidity bitterness sourness disagreeableness

cyberati

EPIGRAM, n. A short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by wisdom. Ambrose Bierce

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