Synonyms for acerbate
Definitions
- v. 1
To make bitter or sour.
- v. 2
To exasperate; to irritate.
Related words
- Word family
- acerbation
Forms
- Past participle
- acerbated
e.g. acerbated → embittered, soured, aggravated, provoked…
Example sentences
- sour Those grapes look sweet, but in fact they're sour.
- embitter These things tend to embitter people's lives.
- provoke Do you want to provoke a new outbreak of violence?
- aggravate The taunts at the end of the match failed to aggravate Tom.
By length
- 4 letters
- sour2
- 7 letters
- provoke2, envenom
- 8 letters
- embitter3
- 9 letters
- aggravate3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sour2 = 2 syllables).