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acid
Synonyms and Antonyms of acid
- an acid-tasting medicine
- with her acid personality, my aunt could be relied upon to bring some much-needed balance to the holiday gush
bearish, bilious, bloody-minded [chiefly British], cantankerous, disagreeable, dyspeptic, ill-humored, ill-natured, ill-tempered, ornery, splenetic, surly
choleric, crabby, cranky, crotchety, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, querulous
irascible, irritable, peevish, peppery, petulant, quick-tempered, short-tempered, snappish, snippy, testy, touchy
argumentative, contentious, contrary, cussed
angry, exasperated, indignant, irate, mad, upset, uptight
- a cultural gadfly known for an acid tongue that spares no one
brisk, cross, sharp-tongued, sour, sourish, spiky (also spikey), tartish
incisive, keen, poignant, trenchant
cynical, dry, ironic (also ironical), wry
facetious, flippant, tongue-in-cheek
acrimonious, bitter, resentful, vitriolic
harsh, rough, severe, stringent
abrupt, blunt, brusque (also brusk), concise, crisp, curt, gruff, pithy, snippety, snippy, succinct, terse
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