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Meanings of acerbity in English

Portuguese
acrimônia
Catalan
acrimònia
Spanish
acerbidad

A rough and bitter manner.

        acrimônia
        Usage of acerbity in English
        1
        There was an outward starch and acerbity produced by toil and danger.
        The Old Roman World : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilizati...
        2
        He must be forgiven if he seemed to speak with unusual acerbity.
        Hodge and His Masters
        3
        With acerbity, he said, That doesn't seem to be any of my business.
        Rite of Passage
        4
        With some acerbity I pointed out the futility of his proposition.
        The Red Planet
        5
        Howson was rather surprised at the sudden acerbity of her tone.
        Missing
        6
        She spoke passionately, often with the absurd acerbity of her mother.
        The Rise of David Levinsky
        7
        After a time Mern suggested with acerbity that Craig was incoherent.
        Joan of Arc of the North Woods
        8
        He was walking away when the other, with some acerbity, called to him.
        The Rose in the Ring
        9
        This with a touch of acerbity, for Mrs. Legion is not without pride.
        Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 16, 1917
        10
        The honesty of it knocked the acerbity out of her.
        The bone palace
        11
        The acerbity of his criticism of other scholars' work did not always make him friends.
        The Guardian
        12
        With acerbity they promulgated the gospel of modern humanism and the surrender of outward beliefs.
        The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885)
        13
        The very acerbity of her nature had seemed charming.
        Arachne — Volume 02
        14
        You are ignorant, Miss Bordereau remarked; not with acerbity but with a strange, soft coldness.
        The Aspern Papers
        15
        Here he waited for Godfrey's contradiction, but as none came, went on with added acerbity:
        Love Eternal
        16
        On the other hand, there is not the slightest trace of cynical acerbity in his writings.
        The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat,...
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