Acerbic and Mean

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Acerbic adjective - Marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings.

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Mean and acerbic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mean" instead an adjective "Acerbic".

Nearby Words: acerbity, acerb

Mean adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.

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Acerbic and mean are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Acerbic" instead an adjective "Mean".

Nearby Words: means, meaning, meanness, meant, meanly

In The Word Weary, Yorick's elf rogue character is disguised as a jester- and he's just as acerbic and mean as he is the in regular story.

Source: Monster Clown
And he's just as acerbic and mean as he is in real life.

Source: Webcomic / The Word Weary

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Mean and Acerbic. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/acerbic/mean

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Mean or Acerbic. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/acerbic/mean.

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