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English to English adjective
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Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit; sharp and harsh. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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sour or bitter in taste | | source: wordnet30
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harsh or corrosive in tone | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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