acerbity > define

noun

• A sharp bitterness.
• A sharp sour taste.
  • synonyms: tartness
• A rough and bitter manner.
  • synonyms: bitterness, acrimony, jaundice, tartness, thorniness

• (n.) Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.
• (n.) Harshness, bitterness or severity; as, acerbity of temper, of language, of pain.