(formal) (of a person or what they say) critical in a direct and rather cruel way:
The letter was written in her usual acerbic style.
acerbity noun [U] (rare)
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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In this entry, acerbic is tagged as adjective.
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