0 used to describe something that is spoken or written in a way that is direct, clever, and cruel: --
There is a vital need for robust, sometimes acerbic probing of what politicians say and what they mean.
Those are my acerbic remarks and now sweetness and light will follow.
His brilliance, acerbic wit and incisive analysis were well-known to many of us in another place.
It was a remark which that somewhat acerbic character did not lightly forget or forgive.
It is my duty to end on an acerbic and extremely critical note.
The autumn meetings tend to be a little more acerbic because, as the accountable body, we are the recipients of complaints about the chief inspector.
I begin with an acerbic remark (which is not deeply within my nature).
I have one rather acerbic remark to make on universities.
