FromLatinacerbātus, perfect passive participle ofacerbō(“make bitter”), fromacerbus(“bitter”).

• (UK)IPA^(key): /ˈa.sə.beɪt/

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• (US)IPA^(key): /ˈæ.səɹˌbeɪt/, ASS-uhr-bait

acerbate (comparativemoreacerbate,superlativemostacerbate)

1. (rare)Embittered; having asourdisposition or nature.

acerbate (third-person singular simple presentacerbates,present participleacerbating,simple past and past participleacerbated)

1. (transitive) Toexasperate; toirritate.
   • 1869,Anthony Trollope, chapter 51, inPhineas Finn:

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

2. (transitive) To makebitter or sour.

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

• acerbation
• exacerbate

• “acerbate”, inOneLook Dictionary Search.

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key): /a.kerˈbaː.te/,[äkɛrˈbäːt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): /a.t͡ʃerˈba.te/,[ät͡ʃerˈbäːt̪e]

acerbāte

1. second-personpluralpresentactiveimperative ofacerbō

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