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adj

1. sharp, sour, acid, acerb, acerbic; acidulous, acescent, acetous, vinegary; acrid, bitter, pungent, harsh, piquant, unripe.

2. caustic, cutting, mordant, biting, acrimonious; trenchant, incisive, piercing, pricking, scathing, burning, nipping, stinging; pointed, sharp, sharp-tongued, edged, barbed, double-edged; keen, stringent, astringent, severe; sarcastic, satiric, sardonic, ironic, cynical, derisive; abusive, corrosive, unkind, cruel; mocking, taunting, teasing, contumelious; spiteful, venomous, malicious, malignant, vicious.

3. peevish, testy, irascible, crabbed, petulant; snappish, waspish, cross-tempered, ill-tempered; surly, curt, grouchy, churlish, brusque; splenetic, morose, sullen, perverse.

2, n

1. pie, pastry, turnover, puff, Danish pastry, French pastry, patisserie; quiche, strudel, baklava, blintz, eclair.

2. hussy, drab, jade, slut, strumpet, Sl. chippy, trollop, doxy, wanton; bitch, witch, quean, demirep, demimondaine; harlot, whore, prostitute, hustler, streetwalker, courtesan; lady of the night, woman of easy viture, woman of ill repute