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Перевод: acerbity

[существительное]
терпкость ; резкость ; жесткость

Тезаурус:

1. At its worst the procedure leads to irritation, the dialogue to acerbity.
2. She was known for her acerbity, her cucumber sandwiches, and her insistence on decorum.
3. "Well, now, isn't that just fine," said Mrs Macpherson, a note of acerbity in her voice.
4. They all wanted to maintain peace, and they were all committed to defending Polish independence, a point which Bevin, on Lloyd George's behalf, impressed on Soviet diplomats in London - "his first experience of diplomacy", A. J. P. Taylor remarks, with characteristic acerbity, "but unfortunately not his last."
5. Mary Kelly has long contested, with cerebral acerbity, current tropes of femininity, from handbags to nappies; she too, has deeply influenced the present generation of women artists.
6. "Unless you're in Henley," she observed with privileged acerbity and he laughed, embarrassed as every policeman had been by the revelations just made of Thames Valley's modus operandi .
7. "You carry on as though you controlled the weather George," his cousin, the Dean had said with acerbity.
8. There were fluctuating negotiations, and some acerbity in the flow of telegrams from London.
9. "It's ay busy on a Friday," said Mrs Beattie with a touch of acerbity.