acerbate
(verb) make sour or bitter
embitter, envenom, acerbate
(verb) cause to be bitter or resentful; “These injustices embittered her even more”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
acerbate (comparative more acerbate, superlative most acerbate)
(rare) Embittered; having a sour disposition or nature.
acerbate (third-person singular simple present acerbates, present participle acerbating, simple past and past participle acerbated)
(transitive) To exasperate; to irritate.
(transitive) To make bitter or sour.
• (exasperate): provoke
• (make bitter): sour, embitter
Source: Wiktionary
A*cerb"ate, v. t. Etym: [L. acerbatus, p. p. of acerbare, fr. acerbus.]
Definition: To sour; to imbitter; to irritate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
