acerbicadjective
uk/əˈsɜː.bɪk/us/əˈsɝː.bɪk/formalused to describe something that is spoken or written in a way that is direct, clever, and cruel:
The letters show the acerbic wit for which Parker was both admired and feared.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
- acidly
- backbite
- backbiting
- backhanded
- barbaric
- barbarism
- bilious
- cutthroat
- fiendish
- hard-hearted
- have a heart of stone idiom
- have a sharp tongue idiom
- insensible
- malign
- remorseless
- ruthless
- sadism
- sadist
- savagery
- waspish
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acerbity
noun [ U ] uk/əˈsɜː.bə.ti/us/əˈsɝː.bə.t̬i/