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pureva — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • acerb adj Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, such as unripe fruit.
  • acerbic adj Tasting sour or bitter.
  • biting adj Sharply cold or stinging, as of wind or weather.
  • caustic adj Capable of burning or chemically eating away living tissue or other material.
  • mordant adj Having or showing a sharp or critical quality.
  • scathing adjective Harshly critical.
  • snappish adj Likely to snap or bite.
  • trenchant adj Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp.

Senses

pureva is used for these senses in English:

  • acerb (archaic, figurative) Sharp and harsh in expressing oneself.
  • acerbic (figurative) Sharp, harsh, biting.
  • caustic (of language, etc.) Sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way.
  • mordant Having or showing a sharp or critical quality.
  • scathing Harshly or bitterly critical; vitriolic.
  • snappish Likely to snap or bite.

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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