acerbate
/ˈa.sə.beɪt/US/ˈæ.səɹˌbeɪt/
acerbate adjective: embittered; having a sour disposition or nature.
Adjective
acerbate (comparative more acerbate, superlative most acerbate)
- Embittered; having a sour disposition or nature.
Verb
acerbate (third-person singular simple present acerbates, present participle acerbating, simple past and past participle acerbated)
- To exasperate; to irritate.
- Lady Laura had triumphed; but she had no desire to acerbate her husband by any unpalatable allusion to her victory.1869, Anthony Trollope, chapter 51, in Phineas Finn
- Synonyms:
- provoke
- To make bitter or sour.
acerbate meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
acerbate in Tamil
- கைம்புளிப்பாக்கு, கடும்புளிப்பாக்கு, எரிச்சல் உண்டாக்கு
acerbate in Bengali
- তিক্ত, উত্তেজিত করা
acerbate in Malayalam
- അമ്ലീകരിക്കുക, സ്വഭാവപരുഷത, ഉഗ്രത, രൂക്ഷത, കഠോരമായ, ചവർപ്പുള്ള
acerbate in Kannada
- ಹುಳಿಹಿಡಿಸು, ಕಹಿಗೂಡಿಸು
Synonyms of acerbate
Forms of acerbate
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more acerbate |
| superlative | most acerbate |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | acerbates |
| present participle | acerbating |
| past participle | acerbated |
| past | acerbated |
Origin of acerbate
From Latin acerbātus, perfect passive participle of acerbō (“make bitter”), from acerbus (“bitter”).
Words formed from acerbate
Questions about acerbate
- What does acerbate mean?
- Acerbate means embittered; having a sour disposition or nature.
- What is acerbate in Tamil?
- Acerbate in Tamil is கைம்புளிப்பாக்கு, கடும்புளிப்பாக்கு, எரிச்சல் உண்டாக்கு. See Acerbate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is acerbate?
- Acerbate can be an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce acerbate?
- Acerbate is pronounced /ˈa.sə.beɪt/ (UK).
Words near acerbate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: acerbate (page history and authors); acerbate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acerbate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acerbate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acerbate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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