acerb
acerb is a 5-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit; sharp and harsh. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit; sharp and harsh.
- adjective. harsh or corrosive in tone
"an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"
"a barrage of acid comments"
- adjective. sour or bitter in taste
Synonyms
acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic, astringent
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in acerb:
Common word forms
acerber, acerbly, acerbest, acerbity
Words from these letters
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