English

Adjective

acerbate ‎(comparative more acerbate, superlative most acerbate)

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

Verb

acerbate ‎(third-person singular simple present acerbates, present participle acerbating, simple past and past participle acerbated)

1. (transitive) To exasperate; to irritate.
   • 1869, Anthony Trollope, Phineas Finn, ch. 51:

     Lady Laura had triumphed; but she had no desire to acerbate her husband by any unpalatable allusion to her victory.

2. (transitive) To make bitter or sour.

Synonyms

• (exasperate): provoke
• (make bitter): sour, embitter

Derived terms

• acerbation

Translations

References

• acerbate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Latin

Verb

acerbāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of acerbō