ascerbic

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I find her to be incredibly ascerbic, as a person.

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  • Unfortunately, it is the synchronization of (often hostile and ascerbic) rhetoric from pro-israeli types on the media (ranging from journalists to forum posters) that serve to interject a concept of a propagandistic and collectivistic minority dominated viewpoint that constitutes the heart of anti-semitic canards. —  Israel Palestine Blogs
  • Michael Mayer 's direction, which is a perfect blend of subtlety and raw energy, and is taken to an even higher level by Steven Sater's ascerbic and deftly poetic lyrics. —  BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content
  • Galileo, an ascerbic sort, had made many enemies in the academic community, and they used the Inquisition as a tool to retaliate on him. —  New Scientist - Online News
  • What was needed was Socratic gadfly, the acerbic Galileo (not ascerbic, no such word) to sting the Catholic Church. —  New Scientist - Online News
  • Remind everyone why they hate you again? ya check the chavez thread for ONE clue, sven. alQ, once again I am happy there is someone else here as ascerbic as me. —  rabble.ca - News for the rest of us
 

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