a·cer·bic 
(ə-sûrbĭk) also a·cerb (ə-sûrb)
(ə-sûrbĭk) also a·cerb (ə-sûrb)adj.
1. Sour or bitter tasting; acid. See Synonyms at bitter, sour.
2. Sharp or biting, as in character or expression: "At times, the playwright allows an acerbic tone to pierce through otherwise arid or flowery prose" (Alvin Klein).
[From Latin acerbus; see ak- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
a·cerbi·cal·ly adv.
- holder
- holdfast
- hold feet to the fire
- hold forth
- hold horses
- holding
- holding company
- holding pattern
- hold/keep (one's) end up
- hold off
- hold on
- hold one's end up
- hold (one's) horses
- hold one's horses
- hold (one's) own
- hold one's own
- hold one's peace
- hold one's tongue
- hold out
- holdout
- hold out on
- hold out on (someone)
- hold out on someone
- hold over
- holdover