Nouns

(n)acidany of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt

Adjectives

(s)acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolicharsh or corrosive in tone“an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose”, “a barrage of acid comments”, “her acrid remarks make her many enemies”, “bitter words”, “blistering criticism”, “caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics”, “a sulfurous denunciation”, “a vitriolic critique”
(s)acidic, acid, acidulent, acidulousbeing sour to the taste
(s)acidhaving the characteristics of an acid“an acid reaction”