acerbateとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈa.sə.beɪt/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈæ.səɹˌbeɪt/

形容詞

acerbate (comparative more acerbate, superlative most acerbate)

1. (rare) Embittered; having a sour disposition or nature.

動詞

acerbate (third-person singular simple present acerbates, present participle acerbating, simple past and past participle acerbated)

1. (transitive) To exasperate; to irritate.
   • 1869, Anthony Trollope, chapter 51, in Phineas Finn:

     Lady Laura had triumphed; but she had no desire to acerbate her husband by any unpalatable allusion to her victory.

2. (transitive) To make bitter or sour.

同意語

• (exasperate): provoke
• (make bitter): sour, embitter

派生語

• acerbation
• exacerbate

参照

• “acerbate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

動詞

acerbāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of acerbō