Clues for the word "ACERB"
We've had 67 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 212 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on May 20, 2026.
Definition of acerb
- a. - Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit; sharp and harsh.
Referring Clues
- Biting
- Sour
- Mordant
- Bitter
- Tart
- Sour-tasting
- Sharp
- Sharp-tongued
- Having a bite
- Sharp-tasting
- Harsh
- Caustic
- Like a sourball
- Harsh, as criticism
- Sour in taste
- Severe, as criticism
- In a sour mood
- Sarcastic
- Like lemon juice
- Bitter in taste
- Bitter-tasting
- Sour or bitter in taste
- Astringent
- Bitter to the taste
- Like vinegar
- Acid-tongued
- Acidic
- Tangy
- Sardonic
- Bitter, in poetry
- Tart-tasting
- Tart in tone
- Lip-puckering
- Tart in tone or temper
- Biting, variantly
- Vitriolic
- Like lemon juice (var.)
- Like unripe fruit
- Like a lemon
- Tart of tone
- Harsh in taste
- Sharp, to poets
- Very tart
- Scathing
- Astringent in taste
- Cutting
- Like immature fruit
- Biting, as criticism
- Sour-tasting, old-style
- Like the taste of vinegar
- With a tart taste
- Bitter tasting
- Sharp, poetically
- Brother got up after getting best bitter
- Bitter and sour over some macabre calamity
- Bitter starts for any cars easing round bend
- Cause célèbre cause of some back-biting!
- An Eastern European said to be bitter
- Black race characters turning bitter
- Bitter maple, a little bit
- Bitingly ironic
- Acidic to the taste
- Bitterly harsh
- Bitter, literarily
- Sharp, as criticism
- Mouth-puckering
- Biting, as wit
Last Seen In
- New York Times - May 20, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 20, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - September 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 28, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 02, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 14, 2025
- LA Times - August 21, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 20, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 22, 2022
- Penny Dell Daily - July 07, 2022
- Universal - January 18, 2018
- LA Times - January 04, 2018
- Universal - December 06, 2017
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 27, 2017
- LA Times - October 23, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - October 08, 2017
- Washington Post Classic - October 01, 2017
- New York Times - September 29, 2017
- Universal - September 05, 2017
- King Syndicate - Premier Sunday - June 18, 2017
- Washington Post Classic - June 11, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - April 10, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - February 17, 2017
- LA Times - February 13, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - November 14, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - September 23, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - September 03, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - September 01, 2016
- And in 182 more crossword puzzles...