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acerbic

adjective as in bitter, sharp, or sour

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An acerbic news editor, using a tone that might get him into trouble these days, told me to leave the building to use my own eyes and ears, and to talk to people.

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“Will There Ever Be Another You” is a portrait of one woman’s crisis, not unlike Plath’s “The Bell Jar,” but without her clarity and acerbic confidence.

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As the band’s most fluent English speaker, the rapper, lyricist and producer’s acerbic wit helped ground the group’s sound, and his team deeply feels his absence.

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The audience seemed to enjoy his gentle - and sometimes acerbic - humour at their expense and he treated us to three, yes THREE, costume changes.

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Several times, laughter ripples through the theatre as the singer's more acerbic observations hit home.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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