Synonyms for Acerbic:

• adj.

  •acid (adjective)
  • dissolvent,
  • vinegarish,
  • eating away,
  • vinegary,
  • anti-alkaline,
  • offensive,
  • erosive,
  • disintegrative.
  •acidulous (adjective)
  • acetose.
  •acrimonious (adjective)
  • more splenetic,
  • most splenetic,
  • splenetic.
  •bitter (adjective)
  • more absinthal,
  • more amaroidal,
  • more absinthian,
  • most unsweetened,
  • most amaroidal,
  • most absinthal,
  • most absinthian,
  • un sweetened,
  • un-sweetened,
  • more unsweetened.
  •bitter, sharp, or sour (adjective)
  • acidic,
  • harsh.
  •caustic (adjective)
  • salty.
  •corrosive (adjective)
  • more wasting,
  • most wasting.
  •cutting (adjective)
  • in goinger,
  • In-going,
  • in-goinger,
  • ingoingest,
  • more wounding,
  • ingoinger,
  • clearcut,
  • most wounding,
  • in going,
  • in goingest,
  • in-goingest.
  •dry (adjective)
  • low key.
  •incisive (adjective)
  • more drilling,
  • most drilling.
  •irritable (adjective)
  • cross,
  • touchy,
  • irascible,
  • crabbed,
  • surly,
  • bearish,
  • crusty,
  • petty,
  • bellicose,
  • petulant,
  • bitchy,
  • huffy,
  • cranky,
  • cantankerous,
  • peevish,
  • irritable,
  • churlish,
  • prickly,
  • spiteful,
  • snappish.
  •mordant (adjective)
  • mordant.
  •resentful (adjective)
  • stung,
  • Spleenful,
  • offended,
  • resentful,
  • sore,
  • miffed,
  • Piqued,
  • malevolent,
  • discontent,
  • vexed,
  • vindictive,
  • envious,
  • embittered,
  • galled,
  • Huffed,
  • antagonistic,
  • infuriated,
  • hurt,
  • irritated.
  •sarcastic (adjective)
  • more needling,
  • more chaffing,
  • most needling,
  • most chaffing,
  • most taunting,
  • more snarling,
  • smartalecky,
  • most twitting,
  • more twitting,
  • dis-illusioned,
  • more weisenheiming,
  • most weisenheiming,
  • most cussed,
  • more taunting,
  • needling,
  • more cussed,
  • dis illusioned,
  • most snarling.
  •severe (adjective)
  • disciplined,
  • dour,
  • uncompromising,
  • authoritarian,
  • brusque,
  • exacting,
  • meticulous,
  • obstinate,
  • piquant,
  • grim,
  • fundamental,
  • critical,
  • demanding,
  • chilly,
  • icy,
  • raw,
  • abrupt,
  • stern,
  • ascetic,
  • inflexible,
  • brisk,
  • strait-laced,
  • severe,
  • obdurate,
  • relentless,
  • blunt,
  • prudish,
  • keen,
  • rigorous,
  • gruff,
  • oppressive,
  • cool,
  • austere,
  • stark,
  • acute,
  • intense,
  • crisp,
  • censorious,
  • lean,
  • curt,
  • basic,
  • unbending,
  • frosty,
  • draconian,
  • spartan,
  • intolerant,
  • short,
  • correct,
  • rigid,
  • stringent,
  • stiff-necked,
  • spare,
  • puritanical,
  • strict,
  • precise,
  • hidebound,
  • bleak,
  • imperial.
  •sharp (adjective)
  • strong-smelling.
  •sour (adjective)
  • pungent,
  • unripe.
  •trenchant (adjective)
  • to the point,
  • the point.

• n.

  •
  • attack,
  • respect.
  •acerb (noun)
  • acerb.
  •acerbic (noun)
  • blistering,
  • acid,
  • sour,
  • unpleasant,
  • venomous,
  • sulphurous,
  • acrid,
  • virulent,
  • astringent,
  • sharp,
  • sulfurous.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • stinging,
  • vituperative,
  • reproachful,
  • reproving,
  • satirical,
  • hard-hitting,
  • unfavourable,
  • disparaging,
  • accusing,
  • swingeing,
  • tangy,
  • acetous,
  • Searing,
  • ad hominem,
  • unfavorable,
  • accusatory,
  • deprecating,
  • condemnatory,
  • disapproving.
  •
  • scathing,
  • critically,
  • savage,
  • crushing.
  •
  • negative.
  •
  • truculent.
  •Other relevant words:
  • hard,
  • smart aleck,
  • pithy,
  • scorching,
  • discourteous,
  • curmudgeonly,
  • hateful,
  • ill-humoured,
  • acerbate,
  • unsweet,
  • mean,
  • malign,
  • ill-tempered,
  • derisive,
  • acidulous,
  • very fast,
  • irritating,
  • terse,
  • citrusy,
  • hot,
  • pickled,
  • uncivil,
  • moody,
  • piercing,
  • discriminating,
  • sultry,
  • peremptory,
  • lemony,
  • shrewd,
  • hostile,
  • baleful,
  • stifling,
  • poignant,
  • abusive,
  • cynical,
  • razor-sharp,
  • shrewish,
  • sullen,
  • poisonous,
  • Acescent,
  • bitter as gall,
  • burning,
  • contumelious,
  • Escharotic,
  • derisory,
  • rude,
  • withering,
  • malefic,
  • unkind,
  • smart-alecky,
  • bilious,
  • hurtful,
  • Rankled,
  • sec,
  • Resenting,
  • coarse,
  • Ridiculing,
  • precipitous,
  • grouchy,
  • dyspeptic,
  • scalding,
  • razor-like,
  • malicious,
  • short-tempered,
  • lurid,
  • stewing,
  • disagreeable,
  • rapier-like,
  • satiric,
  • abrasive,
  • astute,
  • Envenomed,
  • smart-mouthed,
  • bluff,
  • acidulated,
  • blistery,
  • soured,
  • contemptuous,
  • sharpened,
  • Asperous,
  • disdainful,
  • sourish,
  • stabbing,
  • vicious,
  • Cavilling,
  • shrill,
  • rancorous,
  • snarky,
  • infectious,
  • bitterish,
  • waspish,
  • deadly,
  • crabby,
  • Tartish,
  • acidulent,
  • green,
  • knife-edged,
  • Aspersive,
  • cruel,
  • penetrative,
  • malignant,
  • cynic,
  • temperamental,
  • pointed,
  • barbed,
  • scornful,
  • red hot,
  • choleric,
  • mocking,
  • impolite,
  • penetrating,
  • rough,
  • ironic,
  • crab,
  • captious,
  • nasty,
  • snappy,
  • testy,
  • corroding,
  • carping.

Antonyms for Acerbic:

• adj.

  • bitter, sharp, or sour
    nice, calm, mild, kind.
  • Other antonyms:
    gentle, playful, affable, bland, droll, polite, hospitable, gracious, sportive, cordial, good-natured, genial, merry, good-humored, amusing, pleasant, smooth, waggish, sociable, suave, urbane, diplomatic.

Homophones for Acerbic:

• agoraphobic, acrophobic, ascocarpous, agraphic, acarpous, asarabacca.