Acerbic
Crossword Clue and Answers

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We most recently saw this clue in Evening Standard Easy Crossword.

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Publications

  • Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Monday, 12 Apr 2021
  • Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Monday, 8 Mar 2021

Crossword Answers

4 letters

SOUR
Having a sharp biting taste

ACID
Street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

TART
Harsh; "sharp criticism"; "a sharp-worded exchange"; "a tart remark"

5 letters

ACRID
Harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique"

ACERB
Harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique"

SHARP
Quick and forceful; "a sharp blow"

SPIKY
Having or as if having especially high-pitched spots; "absence of peaky highs and beefed-up bass"

6 letters

BITING
Capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"

BITTER
The taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth

7 letters

CAUSTIC
Any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue

8 letters

VIRULENT
Extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite"

9 letters

VITRIOLIC
Harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique"

SARCASTIC
Expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds

SULFUROUS
Characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"

10 letters

SULPHUROUS
Characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"

BLISTERING
The formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin

ASTRINGENT
A drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals