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PRONUNCIATION OF ACERB

acerb  [əˈsɜːb] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACERB

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Acerb is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ACERB MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of acerb in the English dictionary

The definition of acerb in the dictionary is bitter or sour. Other definition of acerb is curt, snappy or waspish.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ACERB


adverb
ˈædˌvɜːb
blurb
blɜːb
burb
bɜːb
Croato-Serb
krəʊˌeɪtəʊˈsɜːb
curb
kɜːb
disturb
dɪˈstɜːb
exurb
ˈɛksɜːb
herb
hɜːb
kerb
kɜːb
Loeb
lɜːb
perturb
pəˈtɜːb
proverb
ˈprɒvɜːb
refurb
ˈriːˌfɜːb
reverb
ˈriːvɜːb
Serb
sɜːb
suburb
ˈsʌbɜːb
superb
sʊˈpɜːb
urb
ɜːb
verb
vɜːb
willowherb
ˈwɪləʊˌhɜːb

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ACERB

acellular
acentric
acephalic
acephalous
acequia
acer
acerate
acerbate
acerbic
acerbically
acerbities
acerbity
acerola
acerose
acerous
acervate
acervation
acervulus

WORDS THAT END LIKE ACERB

absorb
adsorb
auxiliary verb
barb
bicarb
carb
cowherb
garb
garden suburb
hairy willowherb
high-carb
linking verb
orb
phrasal verb
preverb
reflexive verb
rhubarb
rosebay willowherb
sentence adverb
weak verb

Synonyms and antonyms of acerb in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «acerb» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ACERB

Find out the translation of acerb to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of acerb from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «acerb» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

尖锐
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

acerb
570 millions of speakers

English

acerb
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

acerb
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

acerb
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

acerb
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

acerb
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

acerb
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

acerb
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Acerb
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

acerb
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

acerb
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

acerb
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Acerb
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

-chát
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

acerb
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एसरब
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

acerb
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

acerb
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

acerb
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

acerb
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

acerb
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

acerb
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

acerb
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

acerb
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

acerb
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of acerb

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ACERB»

The term «acerb» is normally little used and occupies the 112.186 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of acerb
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ACERB» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «acerb» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «acerb» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about acerb

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACERB»

Discover the use of acerb in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to acerb and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Workes of that Famous Chirurgion Ambrose Parey
There are nine differences of tastes j for there are three judged hot, to wit, the acrid, bitter, and (alt : three cold ; the acid, austere,and acerb : three temperate ; the sweet, the oilieor set, and the insipide. Now they are thought so manie,ac- ...
Ambroise Paré, Adriaan van den Spiegel, John Clarke ((Londres)), 1649
2
Medical theses : selected from among the inaugural dissertations
8 7 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 (QUALITIES. bitter acerb bitter acerb and acerb bitter do. and acerb and acerb. and acerb and acerb and acerb and acerb Taste. bitter bitter bitter ditto bitter bitter ditto bitter bitter ditto SENSIBLE light red ...
Charles Caldwell, 1805
3
Spelling turned etymology
SPELLING. TURNED. ETYMOLOGY. PART II. LESSON I. Key-words. . Latin Roots. 1 Acid-ity : sour-ness. acid-, sour. An acrid taste: a sharp, acr-, bitingly sharp, acrid. biting taste. With much aceeb-ity: acerb-, sour; of a rough, bit- with much ...
Thomas Kerchever Arnold, 1844
4
Digital Watermarking: 9th International Workshop, IWDW 2010, ...
... and Cropped Pairs Scenery-AcerB-PhotoGlossy-NikonSLR 24 Scenery-AcerB- PhotoGlossy-OlympusSLR 35 Scenery-AcerB-PhotoMatte-NikonSLR 30 Scenery -AcerB-PhotoMatte-OlympusSLR 26 Scenery-AcerB-PrintInk-OlympusSLR 46 ...
Hyoung Joong Kim, Yun Q. Shi, Mauro Barni, 2011
5
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
2 syn SARCASTIC, acerbic, archilochian, caustic, corrosive, ||sarky acerbate vb syn EXACERBATE, embitter, envenom acerbic adj 1 syn SOUR 1, acerb, acetose , acid, acidulous, dry, tart 2 syn SARCASTIC, acerb, archilochian, caustic, ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1988
6
THE OXFORD SHAKESPEARE: Othello: The Moor of Venice
342 acerb] q1; bitter f, q2 errors] f; error q 345 She ... must] q; not in f super-subtlef 350 of]f; aq 351 thyself]f; not inq wills: fill thy purse with money. The food that to him now is as luscious as locusts shall be to him shortly as acerb as coloquintida.
William Shakespeare, Michael Neill, 2008
7
A dictionary of practical medicine: comprising general ...
disease endemic in some other countries, although m many respects the same as lead or painters1 colic, are evidently partly occasioned by the crude wines, new spirits, and the acerb and acid nature of the liquors in common use, as well as ...
James Copland, 1859
8
A dictionary of practical medicine
disease endemic in some other countries, although in many respects the same as lead or painters' colic, are evidently partly occasioned by the crude wines, new spirits, and the acerb and acid nature of the liquors in common use, as well as by  ...
9
The Lives of Miltiades, Cimon, Pausanias, [and] Aristides, ...
Pass.: acciis-or, atus sum, ari. acerb-Itas, Itatis, f. [acerb- us] (" The quality of the averbus"; hence) Hardness, harshness, severily, rigour. ac-erbus, erha, erbum, adj. [ac-uo] (" Pointed, sharp " ; hence) 1. Harsh, severe, cruet, etc. — 2. Griecous  ...
Cornelius Nepos, 1872
10
American Library of Dental Science. ...
ALTHOUGH our language does not furnish a proper name for this afl'ection of the teeth, it is well known, and very frequent, especially among children who are fond of eating vast quantities of acid or acerb fruits. It is also observed to proceed ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACERB»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term acerb is used in the context of the following news items.
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Thoughts on satire
Jonathan Swift, a rival in acerb satire, employed it in his epitaph, which pictures him happy at having finally escaped the saeva indignatio that ... «PJ Media, Jun 15»
2
Of those making it, 1969
... Making It. More important, they are not interested in Making It. This gives them a kind of detachment and courage, and acerb humor about the ... «SFGate, May 15»
3
The Power of the Interaction - By Osvaldo Torres Cruz
However, to be able to offer something different we must know each guest and discover his cognitive acerb, in order not to repeat what he has ... «Hotel News Resource, Apr 15»
4
The Jaundiced Eye
... St. Aubyn to be a colder, more savage writer than either Evelyn Waugh or Oscar Wilde, distinguished predecessors in the line of acerb wit. «The Weekly Standard, Nov 14»
5
2014 Buick LaCrosse Gets Ultra Luxury Interior Package [Photo …
But with acerb competition coming from the likes of Lincoln (MKS), Lexus (ES 350), Acura (TL) and Volvo (S60), will a pink-themed interior ... «autoevolution, Apr 14»
6
Becoming Cuba
To reach even further back, the playwright throws in the acerb spirits of a Macbeth-quoting conquistador and an island native whose husband ... «TheaterMania.com, Apr 14»
7
A heaping helping of self-help
Impractical if you're not a poet, Skinner's suggestions nonetheless provide acerb commentary on the creative life and the crossroads where ... «Access Atlanta, Jan 13»
8
Goodbye to Gore Vidal, America's Biographer and Champion
He did great work, he deserves respect, and his views and his acerb and erudite way of expressing them will be missed. Brian Doherty is a ... «Reason Online, Aug 12»
9
10 Best Android phones under Rs 10K
Obviously, the acerb competition among the mobile phone developers is auspicious for us, the consumers, as only this way we are actually ... «Rediff, Nov 11»
10
Scant Dishing From a Print Pooh-bah
In Gottlieb's case, these include the adjective “acerb” — used at least three times — which means, according to my dictionary, “acerbic. «Forward, Jun 11»

REFERENCE
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