acerbity
The word “acerbity” has 4 syllables: a-cerb-i-ty
It's pronounced as /əˈsɝː.bɪ.ti/
What is synonym and antonym for acerbity?
In the thesaurus, “acerbity” has 44 synonyms and 7 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for acerbity along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for acerbity
- acidity
- acidness
- acridity
- acridness
- acrimoniousness
- acrimony
- acuteness
- asperity
- astringency
- bite
- bitterness
- cattiness
- causticity
- edge
- ginger
- harshness
- ill temper
- irritability
- keenness
- maliciousness
- mordancy
- poignance
- poignancy
- pointedness
- punch
- pungency
- rancor
- raucousness
- roughness
- rudeness
- sarcasm
- sarcasticness
- severeness
- severity
- sharpness
- shrillness
- sourness
- spice
- tang
- tartness
- thorniness
- virulence
- vitriol
- vitriolicism
Antonyms for acerbity
- gentleness
- kindliness
- kindness
- mellowness
- mildness
- softness
- sweetness
Meanings of acerbity
- noun
- Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.
- Harshness, bitterness, or severity.
Example Sentences
- The acerbity in his voice made his anger evident.
- Her acerbity often alienated those around her.
- The debate was marked by the acerbity of their exchanges.
- He spoke with such acerbity that it stunned the audience.
- The author's acerbity added a sharp edge to his satire.
On this page you'll find 51 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to acerbity, such as: acidity, acidness, acridity, acridness, acrimoniousness, acrimony, acuteness.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
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- tang
- tartness
- term
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- trace
- transcendence
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- trimming
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- verge
- virulence
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rage
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- distraction
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- dudgeon
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- empoisonment
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- enthusiasm
- envy
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- fireworks
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- flavor
- fly off the handle
- foam
- foam at the mouth
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- fret
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- go
- go berserk
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- hostility
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- hot-headedness
- hubbub
- huff
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- hysteria
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- in
- in thing
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- indignation
- infatuation
- inflame
- insanity
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- irascibility
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- irateness
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- irritability
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- jaundice
- jealousy
- last word
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- querulousness
- rail at
- rampage
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- rant
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- road rage
- roar
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- schizophrenia
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lampooning
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- acerbity
- acidity
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- acrimony
- acting
- amplifying
- aping
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- biting
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- censorious
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- chaffing
- comeback
- contempt
- copycatting
- corrosiveness
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- criticism
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- cynical
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- doing
- duplicating
- elaborating
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- expanding
- faking
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- ironical
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- mordacity
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- overdrawing
- overstating
- padding
- pantomiming
- paradoxical
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- pasquinading
- performing
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- playing
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- pretending
- pungent
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- raillery
- rancor
- replicating
- reproducing
- ridicule
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- sarcastic
- sardonic
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- satiric
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- shamming
- sharpness
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- sneering
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- stretching
- superciliousness
- taunting
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uncharitableness
- abhorrence
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- acerbity
- acrimony
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- bile
- bitterness
- brutality
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- cattiness
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- cruelty
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- discipline
- dudgeon
- enmity
- execration
- gall
- grudge
- hard-heartedness
- hardness of heart
- harshness
- hate
- hatefulness
- hatred
- hostility
- ill feeling
- ill will
- jaundice
- jealousy
- loathing
- malevolence
- malice
- maliciousness
- malignancy
- malignity
- meanness
- mercilessness
- mordacity
- nastiness
- pique
- pitilessness
- punishment
- rancor
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- requital
- resentfulness
- resentment
- retaliation
- retribution
- revenge
- revengefulness
- ruthlessness
- sadism
- savageness
- savagery
- scolding
- spite
- spitefulness
- spleen
- truculence
- umbrage
- unfriendliness
- variance
- vengeance
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- venom
- viciousness
- vindictiveness
- violence
- virulence
- vitriol
- wantonness