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Acerbate - What does it mean?

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acerbate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (rare) Embittered; having a sour disposition or nature.

    • Verb

    (acerbat)
  • To exasperate; to irritate.
  • * 1869 , , Phineas Finn , ch. 51:
    • Lady Laura had triumphed; but she had no desire to acerbate her husband by any unpalatable allusion to her victory.
  • To make bitter or sour.

    • Synonyms

    * (exasperate) provoke * (make bitter) sour, embitter

    Derived terms

    * acerbation

    References

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    Not English

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