acerbo-, acerb- (Latin: bitter, sharp, sour, stinging).acerb, acerbic:
Having a bitter or sour taste; sharp or bitter in temper, mood, or expression.
acerbate:
To irritate or annoy.
acerose:
Sharp pointed and slender, as a pine needle.
acerbity:
Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, as of unripe fruit; harseness, bitterness, or severity; as, acerbity of temper, of language, or of pain.
acerbophobia:
An abnormal fear of sour or bitter tasting foods or liquids.
exacerbate, exacerbating : To increase the severity of, aggravate; to irritate.
exacerbation:
Increase in the severity of a disease or any of its symptoms, as in a continuous fever.
exacerbescence, exacerbescent:
Showing violence or bitterness; an irritation.
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