Synset:acerb acerbic acid acrid bitter blistering caustic sulfurous sulphurous virulent
Examples:
- an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose
- a barrage of acid comments
- her acrid remarks make her many enemies
- bitter words
- blistering criticism
- caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics
- a sulfurous denunciation
- a vitriolic critique
Antonyms:pleasant
Derivationally Related Form:vitriolacerbityacridityvirulencevirulencybitternessacridness
Inherited Hypernyms:acerb
Similar to:unpleasant