#15 acerbate

acerbate - verb - to embitter or exasperate, to make sour or bitter

- C18 from Latin acerbatus - to make sour

-also acerbic - adjective - harsh, sour - acerbus
- acerbity - noun - vitriolic or embittered speech

Poem: Black is Beautiful

Every morning in the deep woods of the concrete jungle
With my near and dear ones I sing a coarse musical,
Humans raise from their good night sleep with a frown of unpalatable
They call me ‘Crow’ and express their acerbity with a scowl,..

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