acerbate

Etymology

From Latin acerbātus, perfect passive participle of acerbō (“make bitter”), from acerbus (“bitter”).

adj

  1. (rare) Embittered; having a sour disposition or nature.

verb

  1. (transitive) 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
  2. (transitive) To make bitter or sour.

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