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Meaning acerbate meaning

What does acerbate mean?

Definitions in simple English

— If you acerbate something, you make it taste sour. Adding a lemon into the pie acerbated it.

— verb make sour or bitter — verb (= embitter) cause to be bitter or resentful These injustices embittered her even more

What other words have the same or similar meaning as acerbate?

embitter exacerbate exasperate envenom embittered ruffle nettle irritate gall aggravate