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acerbic
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신, 쓴 (sour or bitter taste)

신랄한 (harsh in tone) sharply or bitingly critical, sarcastic, or ironic in temper, mood, or tone

단어

  • Whitney has graced magazine covers for her acerbic and blunt evisceration of the banks she has covered. Several weeks ago, she left her well-paid post at Oppenheimer to start her own economic consultancy, where she will charge many of her employer's clients for her own unambiguous analysis.
  • discovery of self-esteem and New Agey conclusions ("I discovered there was a goddess deep inside me") are something that an acerbic comedian like Cho shouldn't embrace without irony.