kitkerä — meaning in English

English meaning

• acerb adj Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, such as unripe fruit.
• acerbic adj Tasting sour or bitter.
• acrid adj Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste.
• bitter adj Having a sharp, unpleasant taste, the opposite of sweet.
• vinegary adj Sour; like vinegar.

Senses

kitkerä is used for these senses in English:

• acerb (archaic) Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, such as unripe fruit.
• acerb (archaic, figurative) Sharp and harsh in expressing oneself.
• acerbic Tasting sour or bitter.
• acrid (figurative) Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating.
• acrimonious (figuratively) Angry, acid, and sharp in delivering argumentative replies: bitter, mean-spirited, sharp in language or tone. [from early 17th c.]
• vinegary (figuratively) Acerbic, bitter, irritable.

acerb — full definition

1. adj Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, such as unripe fruit.
2. adj Sharp and harsh in expressing oneself.

acerbic — full definition

1. adj Tasting sour or bitter.
2. adj Sharp, harsh, biting.

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