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{"id": "acerbic", "metadata": {"operation": "retrieve", "provider": "Oxford University Press", "schema": "RetrieveEntry"}, "results": [{"id": "acerbic", "language": "en-gb", "lexicalEntries": [{"derivatives": [{"id": "acerbically", "text": "acerbically"}], "entries": [{"etymologies": ["mid 19th century: from Latin acerbus \u2018sour-tasting\u2019 + -ic"], "pronunciations": [{"audioFile": "https://audio.oxforddictionaries.com/en/mp3/acerbic_gb_1.mp3", "dialects": ["British English"], "phoneticNotation": "IPA", "phoneticSpelling": "\u0259\u02c8s\u0259\u02d0b\u026ak"}], "senses": [{"definitions": ["(especially of a comment or style of speaking) sharp and forthright"], "examples": [{"text": "his acerbic wit"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0005820.006", "shortDefinitions": ["sharp and forthright"], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "sharp"}, {"language": "en", "text": "sarcastic"}, {"language": "en", "text": "sardonic"}, {"language": "en", "text": "satirical"}, {"language": "en", "text": "scathing"}, {"language": "en", "text": "cutting"}, {"language": "en", "text": "razor-edged"}, {"language": "en", "text": "incisive"}, {"language": "en", "text": "penetrating"}, {"language": "en", "text": "piercing"}, {"language": "en", "text": "biting"}, {"language": "en", "text": "stinging"}, {"language": "en", "text": "searing"}, {"language": "en", "text": "keen"}, {"language": "en", "text": "caustic"}, {"language": "en", "text": "trenchant"}, {"language": "en", "text": "bitter"}, {"language": "en", "text": "acrimonious"}, {"language": "en", "text": "astringent"}, {"language": "en", "text": "harsh"}, {"language": "en", "text": "severe"}, {"language": "en", "text": "devastating"}, {"language": "en", "text": "abrasive"}, {"language": "en", "text": "wounding"}, {"language": "en", "text": "hurtful"}, {"language": "en", "text": "unkind"}, {"language": "en", "text": "cruel"}, {"language": "en", "text": "vitriolic"}, {"language": "en", "text": "virulent"}, {"language": "en", "text": "mordant"}, {"language": "en", "text": "venomous"}, {"language": "en", "text": "waspish"}, {"language": "en", "text": "poisonous"}, {"language": "en", "text": "spiteful"}, {"language": "en", "text": "vicious"}, {"language": "en", "text": "malicious"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "acerbic", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0000174.001"}]}, {"definitions": ["tasting sour or bitter."], "id": "m_en_gbus0005820.009", "registers": [{"id": "archaic", "text": "Archaic"}, {"id": "technical", "text": "Technical"}], "shortDefinitions": ["tasting sour or bitter"], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "sour"}, {"language": "en", "text": "acid"}, {"language": "en", "text": "acidic"}, {"language": "en", "text": "acidulated"}, {"language": "en", "text": "tart"}, {"language": "en", "text": "bitter"}, {"language": "en", "text": "unsweetened"}, {"language": "en", "text": "sharp"}, {"language": "en", "text": "acetic"}, {"language": "en", "text": "acetous"}, {"language": "en", "text": "vinegary"}, {"language": "en", "text": "pungent"}, {"language": "en", "text": "acrid"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "acerbic", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0000174.002"}]}]}], "language": "en-gb", "lexicalCategory": {"id": "adjective", "text": "Adjective"}, "text": "acerbic"}], "type": "headword", "word": "acerbic"}], "word": "acerbic"}