Acerbity
Acerbity noun - A harsh or sharp quality.
Usage example: the customer made his displeasure known with more acerbity than was necessary
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Synonyms for Acerbity
Poignance and acerbity are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Poignance" instead a noun "Acerbity".
Poignance
Poignance noun - A harsh or sharp quality.
Usage example: there's a mean-spirited poignance to the novel's satiric portrait of Hollywood
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Synonyms for Poignance
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- poignancy and acerbity
- poignancy and poignance
- severity and acerbity
- severity and poignance
- keenness and acerbity
- keenness and poignance
- bite and acerbity
- bite and poignance
- roughness and acerbity
- roughness and poignance
- edge and acerbity
- edge and poignance
- pungency and acerbity
- pungency and poignance
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