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What does acerbic mean?

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Adjective
  1. Tasting sour or bitter.
  2. Sharp, harsh, biting.
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You should have a sassy woman who knows her food but also has acerbic comments to make about corporate America and the food industry.
Good bloggers tend to be acerbic, prolific, polemical, and good in short spurts.
He is a very ingenious and cunning writer and it's fun to see him skewer the targets he aims for with acerbic wit and intelligence.
He was renowned for his acerbic, if occasionally crudely sexist, pieces for lad magazines.
The old man never once turned around to look at the speaker, but his reply was undeniably acerbic in nature.
Written with erudition and firm, if sometimes quirky, opinion, the book is interlarded with humor and acerbic comment.

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