0 the quality of being spoken or written in a way that is direct, clever, and cruel:
She was known for her acerbity.
"Do be quiet, Paul," Monica said, with unaccustomed acerbity.
"You speak as though you control the weather," Jill said with acerbity.
In spite of his occasional acerbity, he is a very warm person.
She notes, with some acerbity, that she has to invent more macho excuses for time off than her male colleagues.
I hope that we do not allow our present disagreements and acerbities to damage our relations.
It will take time before these mutual acerbities die down.
And, like all internal differences, this one is marked by some acrimony and sometimes some acerbity of speech.
I hope neither his persistence nor his acerbity will be wanting on the present occasion.
Such things sweeten the acerbities of political life.
