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| type | s |
| lex_filenum | 00 |
| def | harsh or corrosive in tone |
| examples | 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 |
| Outgoing links | |
| Similar to | unpleasant |
| Derivationally related form | vitriolic → vitriol |
| Derivationally related form | virulent → virulency |
| Derivationally related form | virulent → virulence |
| Derivationally related form | bitter → bitterness |
| Derivationally related form | acrid → acridness |
| Derivationally related form | acrid → acridity |
| Derivationally related form | acerbic → acerbity |
| Incoming links | |
| Similar to | unpleasant |
| Derived from adjective | vitriolically → vitriolic |
| Derived from adjective | caustically → caustic |
| Derived from adjective | virulently → virulent |
| Derivationally related form | acerbity → acerbic |
| Derivationally related form | bitterness → bitter |
| Derivationally related form | virulency → virulent |
| Derivationally related form | virulence → virulent |
| Derivationally related form | acridness → acrid |
| Derivationally related form | acridity → acrid |
| Derivationally related form | vitriol → vitriolic |
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