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noun tɑːttɑrt An open pastry case containing a sweet or savoury filling. （馅料外露的）馅饼 Example sentencesExamples - Other desserts include French apple tarts, New York cheesecake, and praline imperial.
- They can also be shredded into scones or bread to add a gorgeous yellow colour, or added to savoury tarts, sweet buns or sponge puddings.
- We end with Chinese egg custard tart, not too sweet, and very, very light.
- I liked the apple tart (with a rich buttery crust and fresh pecan ice cream), and the intensely caramelized Mexican tres leche torte.
- Place a buttercup squash tart on a plate with a serving of salad next to the tart.
- The dessert cabinet, which contained an apple tart, cheesecake, strawberries and fruit salad, remained tantalisingly out of reach.
- Among the street stall holders was Bernie Nyham whose delicious home cooking treats featured apple tarts and custard pies.
- We eventually get our custard tarts, still warm from the oven.
- Desserts here have been a weak link, from a tough-crusted fruit tart to tough-skinned profiteroles to a too-goopy bread pudding.
- We skipped dessert which included pear tart, Italian summer pudding (there's optimism for you) and tirami su.
- Proper lunch food is also available, including soups, hot savoury tarts, sandwiches, Greek salad and vegetable lasagne.
- We shared a pudding - home-made apple tart with vanilla ice cream and blueberry sauce.
- There were also single-crusted tarts with similar fillings and tarts of apples and other fruits.
- Place pineapple on dessert plate and top with chocolate tart and ice cream.
- Cover each tart with a puff pastry circle and bake until the puff pastry is golden and crisp, about ten minutes.
- We had roast potatoes and cauliflower and then something like apple tart with custard for afters.
- There are bagels and muffins, chocolate chip cookies, eclairs, tarts, Danish pastries, baklavas and quiches.
- Dessert was a further roll-call of tradition and included lemon tart, apple crumble, apple tart, banoffi pie, praline cake and creme caramel.
- We use pastry trimmings for our tarts, as the pastry rises less and gives a fine, crisp finish.
- Only one dessert - a pumpkin-meringue tart at war with itself - misfires.
Synonyms pastry, flan, tartlet, quiche, strudel pie, patty, pasty
Derivativesnoun ˈtɑːtlɪtˈtɑrtlət I'll often use salad to accompany the star item, like a tartlet or a bruschetta or a mousse or a slice of terrine or what-have-you, but it is rarely a salad in its own right. Example sentencesExamples - In the meantime, I prepared the chocolate caramel sculptures to be placed on the tartlets.
- To one side of the plate, place a fig tartlet with a quenelle of rosemary creme fraiche on top.
- You can use this recipe for a single large tart or for individual tartlets.
- For an elegant light meal, I line crisp pastry tartlets with smoked salmon, fill them with warm scrambled eggs and top with a little caviar.
OriginLate Middle English (denoting a savoury pie): from Old French tarte or medieval Latin tarta, of unknown origin. Today a tart is likely to be filled with jam or fruit, but in medieval times it was a savoury pie. In mid 19th-century slang it was an affectionate word for a woman (perhaps as an abbreviation of sweetheart), but by the end of the century it was being applied disparagingly to a prostitute or promiscuous woman. Tart up, ‘to dress up ostentatiously’, came from this use in the 1930s. Tart meaning ‘sharp to the taste’, also found in medieval English, is a different word. It goes back to Old English and originally meant ‘harsh, severe’, especially in reference to punishment.
Rhymesapart, apparat, art, baht, Bart, Barthes, cart, carte, chart, clart, dart, Eilat, fart, ghat, Gujarat, Gujrat, hart, Harte, heart, heart-to-heart, impart, Jat, kart, kyat, Maat, Mansart, mart, outsmart, part, quarte, salat, savate, Scart, smart, start, zakat nountɑːttɑrt British derogatory, informal 1A woman who dresses or behaves in a way that is considered tasteless and sexually provocative. she wears skirts this short all the time—she's such a tart Example sentencesExamples - Men and women call women in short skirts and lots of make-up 'tarts' and everyone knows it.
- His affair with that posh tart has finally done for him.
- The affairs had continued over the years - one silly tart after another.
- What mathematical model could account for the happily married successful man risking marriage and career for a meaningless drunken grope with the office tart at the Christmas party?
- My favourite moment had to be his declaration in the diary room that the British public had done well to evict a Page 3 tart, rather than a leading left-wing anti-war crusader like him.
- My bet is they pigeonhole girls just like they always did, as nice girls or tarts.
- 1.1dated A prostitute.
the tarts were touting for trade Example sentencesExamples - I trust that our council is not spending the £20,000 per day collected from hard-pressed motorists on decorating our roads to the point where they start to resemble a tart's boudoir.
- The suffragettes donned red lipstick as a feminist statement at a time when only tarts and actresses wore the old war paint.
- I started to peel off my wetsuit jacket; feeling now a little bit like a tart in a French brothel on a busy Bastille Day.
- It's an exaggeration to say that Boswell and his contemporaries would start the day with a tuppeny tart, get blotto at lunchtime and join in a riot on the way home but not much of an exaggeration.
- You might get a tart calling over, ' Hello Jack, how are you ' - that sort of thing.
- Maybe you will read this and think she was a tart, but please do not judge someone you don't know.
- The only alibi he can provide for the night of the murder is that he was being spanked by a tart in frilly knickers.
Synonyms whore, sex worker, call girl, white slave prostitute, whore, sex worker, call girl, white slave
verb tɑːttɑrt tart oneself upBritish informal 1with object Dress or make oneself up in order to look attractive. 〈非正式，主英〉打扮以引人注目 she came back only to tart herself up for the next evening Example sentencesExamples - The only way they can make themselves interesting is to tart themselves up.
- Knackered already, one tarted oneself up and headed off to Blackheath to meet Chris and his girlfriend.
- So I went and tarted myself up on Tuesday and got a new passport picture done.
- Prichard is making friends on the sixth floor too, where the secretaries have been treated to an image consultant brought in at company expense to teach them how to tart themselves up.
- And so the ladies decide to tart themselves up as male female impersonators.
- Although it hasn't changed I do sometimes think it has become such a fixed thing that I don't really pose too much or wear make up or tart myself up.
- From her perfect hair and glowing tan and flawless make-up, I'd have figured Julia wouldn't mind tarting herself up for Markus.
- You are gradually trained how to use some of the more advanced items lest you accidentally kill yourself trying to tart yourself up in the mirror.
- I think that's why we tarted ourselves up like that - so that our original face was hardly seen.
- After sleeping late, Wade and I tarted ourselves up and walked a few minutes down Cheltenham Beach to North Head where Byron and Briar were to be married.
Synonyms dress oneself up, make oneself up, smarten oneself up, preen oneself, beautify oneself, groom oneself informal doll oneself up, titivate oneself - 1.1tart something up Improve the appearance of something, typically in a way regarded as flashy or superficial.
the page layouts have been tarted up with cartoons 书页上的版面用卡通装饰。 she tarted up the buckle with some sequins Example sentencesExamples - We can only keep tarting them up so many times before they become life-expired and we need a new train.
- For the last ten years, news divisions have tarted themselves up.
- An uncrossing is just an uncrossing, whether you want to tart it up in cool post modern chaos lingo is pretty meaningless.
- The Black Cross of that book was the Golden Cross in Portobello Road, which tragically tarted itself up the week of publication, thus missing out on literary-tourist-trail notoriety.
- We are tarting the place up a bit and there will be champagne at the bar for him.
- I also hope that the tarting the town up doesn't stop.
- I've already spent £300-400 tarting it up with fresh paint and hiring a crane to get it here.
- Regardless of the need for the military, the existing one, I suppose, has a right to advertise and tart itself up.
- In Stage 5, I take this tremendously sentimental display of family history and tart it up with lots of spaceships and cartoon characters.
- The Government arbitration service moved into new offices eight months ago, spent £70,000 tarting them up - and is now moving out.
Synonyms decorate, renovate, refurbish, redecorate, retouch, modernize smarten up informal do up, do over, fix up, give something a facelift
2with object (especially of a girl or woman) behave in a provocative or flamboyant way. （尤指女子）挑逗；招摇；炫耀 she tarted around the room in one of Georgie's dresses 她穿着一条乔治牌连衣裙在房里到处炫耀。 Example sentencesExamples - Fed and watered, we set off again, after a bit of tarting around in the car park.
- Until recently, she was tarting around with the sleazy rapper.
- I tend to like people who have energy and like to tart around a bit.
OriginMid 19th century: probably an abbreviation of sweetheart. adjective tɑːttɑrt 1Sharp or acid in taste. 酸的 一个酸苹果。 Example sentencesExamples - This recipe keeps the purée very tart and sharp.
- My mother made an amazing apple pie, and we use her recipe, tart and lemony with a piled-high top crust.
- This compound has a fruity flavour which, when added to the tart taste of acetic acid, gives the complex character to a good wine vinegar.
- The pork was beautifully cooked, but the soft Bramley apple slices were very tart and not to my taste.
- One of our choices was an apple crumble, which brilliantly combined sweet and tart tastes, together with vanilla parfait and toffee sauce.
- The starter of wild mushroom salad was a delight of deep, earthy tastes with a tart balsamic dressing to sharpen up the wild fungus.
- Hawthorns are loved for their sweet, tart taste which can improve the appetite, help digestion and aid in weight reduction.
- I thought about adding a tart Granny Smith apple to it, too, but that would make a bit too much slaw for just the two of us.
- And it was crisp and sweet without being cloying, although I like slightly tart apples as well.
- A crisp, slightly tart apple dipped in chewy caramel is a classic sweet.
- Incredibly, after all that, we decided we still had room for dessert, and we tried a tart Cranberry Apple Crisp and a luscious Espresso Nut Brownie.
- It turned out that the rich, dense taste of black sesame paste is contrasted by tart lime juice, putting some zing in the glass.
- Boyle went on to characterize acids, noting their sour or tart taste and their ability to corrode metals.
- And the tangy apple flavour found in most Chardonnays comes primarily from malic acid, the tart acid found in apples.
- Need I say that the inch-thick portions were crusty brown on the outside, rosy pink on the inside, steaming from the warmer, speckled with tart dabs of fresh horseradish?
- Tastes like a cross between a pear and a very tart apricot, with a small kick at the end.
- Most important of all are good tomatoes: their ample juices supply enough liquid to moisten the stew and their tart flavour balances the mellow sweetness of the other vegetables.
- It's a medium to large, red- and green-striped fruit with a crisp, juicy, sweetly tart taste.
- The soursop is good too; it's made from a sweet, tart fruit and tastes like lemonade, but a little more funky and tropical.
- His brulée was yummy; the tart sweetness of the raspberries combining well with the cool, creamy texture of the creme fraiche and the toffee crunch of the burnt-sugar topping.
Synonyms sour, sharp, sharp-tasting, tangy, bitter, acid, acidic, zesty, piquant, pungent, strong, harsh, unsweetened, vinegary, lemony, citrus, burning, acrid, acetic rare acidulous, acetous - 1.1 (of a remark or tone of voice) cutting, bitter, or sarcastic.
（言辞，语调）尖刻的；辛辣的；讥讽的 一个酸苹果。 Example sentencesExamples - Not that any proper Canadian would ever say something so tart or sardonic.
- My daughter had rung the ward concerned but got a very tart response as she was not a relative, even though she had been authorised by the husband to take this step.
- From the 19 June Observer magazine ‘Up Front’ profile of Carey, a few tart observations.
- When he reiterated it at a City Council meeting some months ago, I offered a tart retort.
- I started to give a tart reply, but Atelious gave a deep inarticulate growl that was felt more than heard, and she shut up.
- He has emerged as the campaign's best debater, always able to offer a tart critique of what is wrong with all the leading candidates.
- That tart comment certainly left its impact on Sunny.
- Here she was, so recently subjected to tart commentary in a select committee, but willing to demonstrate exactly the kind of fiscal responsibility that this country needs right now.
- She was old enough to be Bahzell's mother, and her tart tone was so like his old nurse's that he grinned despite his tension.
- The song finally shut off and a tart voice came on the line.
- Danny's hands flew to his head self-consciously, the shrill ringing of his phone saving Alyssa from a tart response.
- He has tart remarks concerning the latest Anglican commotions.
- With anyone else, Olivia would be tempted to make a tart comment.
- You might get a tart calling over, ‘Hello Jack, how are you’ - that sort of thing - and sidle over alongside.
- On a similarly tart note, one email doing the rounds allegedly relates to the latest business breakthrough.
- He also became known for his tart, slashing criticism about tax policy - including policies devised by people whose general goals he shared.
- Over the past two or three elections, I was the victim of the UNC leader's tart tongue.
- He looked incredulous, unoffended by her tart tone.
- On his way out, Zossimov makes a tart remark about Dounia's attractiveness to Razumihin.
Synonyms acerbic, sharp, biting, cutting, keen, stinging, mordant, astringent, caustic, trenchant, incisive, pointed, piercing, bitter, barbed, scathing, sarcastic, sardonic, acrimonious, nasty, rude, vicious, spiteful, venomous, wounding
Derivativesadverb ˈtɑːtli Christine launched into a lively denunciation of the anti-woman Romance of the Rose, pointing out tartly the many faults in its logic and its humanity. Example sentencesExamples - It is, as a Hentoff book title tartly puts it, ‘freedom of speech for me - but not for thee.’
- It's just a short squib of a post, but tartly phrased.
- He dismissed the views of ‘a good many writers who have tartly denigrated the role of the family.’
- ‘I didn't have any leftover time,’ she recalled tartly, ‘for high jinks.’
noun ˈtɑːtnəsˈtɑrtnəs The lettuce will barely help and the chutney's tartness doesn't seem to lessen the parched feeling, so that the tongue is virtually stuck to the roof of the mouth by the time one manages to finish eating. Example sentencesExamples - This produces layer upon layer of complexity, going from sweetness to tartness in a single sip that will tantalize the taste buds.
- Undeniably sweet with a bit of tartness, it comes across as a bite of a granny smith apple, a not unpleasant taste.
- Influences from abroad abound, with tastes such as pomegranate molasses adding a wonderfully sweet tartness to all sorts of salads, especially those featuring game, poultry, tangy cheese or grilled vegetables.
- Kunstler has the tartness and timing of a stand-up comic, so his complaints about American life often end up being as hilarious as they are damning.
OriginOld English teart 'harsh, severe', of unknown origin. nountɑrttärt An open pastry case containing a filling. （馅料外露的）馅饼 Example sentencesExamples - We use pastry trimmings for our tarts, as the pastry rises less and gives a fine, crisp finish.
- We eventually get our custard tarts, still warm from the oven.
- Only one dessert - a pumpkin-meringue tart at war with itself - misfires.
- The dessert cabinet, which contained an apple tart, cheesecake, strawberries and fruit salad, remained tantalisingly out of reach.
- We had roast potatoes and cauliflower and then something like apple tart with custard for afters.
- Dessert was a further roll-call of tradition and included lemon tart, apple crumble, apple tart, banoffi pie, praline cake and creme caramel.
- There were also single-crusted tarts with similar fillings and tarts of apples and other fruits.
- Place pineapple on dessert plate and top with chocolate tart and ice cream.
- They can also be shredded into scones or bread to add a gorgeous yellow colour, or added to savoury tarts, sweet buns or sponge puddings.
- We end with Chinese egg custard tart, not too sweet, and very, very light.
- Desserts here have been a weak link, from a tough-crusted fruit tart to tough-skinned profiteroles to a too-goopy bread pudding.
- We shared a pudding - home-made apple tart with vanilla ice cream and blueberry sauce.
- Place a buttercup squash tart on a plate with a serving of salad next to the tart.
- I liked the apple tart (with a rich buttery crust and fresh pecan ice cream), and the intensely caramelized Mexican tres leche torte.
- We skipped dessert which included pear tart, Italian summer pudding (there's optimism for you) and tirami su.
- Other desserts include French apple tarts, New York cheesecake, and praline imperial.
- There are bagels and muffins, chocolate chip cookies, eclairs, tarts, Danish pastries, baklavas and quiches.
- Proper lunch food is also available, including soups, hot savoury tarts, sandwiches, Greek salad and vegetable lasagne.
- Among the street stall holders was Bernie Nyham whose delicious home cooking treats featured apple tarts and custard pies.
- Cover each tart with a puff pastry circle and bake until the puff pastry is golden and crisp, about ten minutes.
Synonyms pastry, flan, tartlet, quiche, strudel
OriginLate Middle English (denoting a savory pie): from Old French tarte or medieval Latin tarta, of unknown origin. nountɑrttärt British derogatory, informal 1A woman who dresses or behaves in a way that is considered tasteless and sexually provocative. Example sentencesExamples - The affairs had continued over the years - one silly tart after another.
- Men and women call women in short skirts and lots of make-up 'tarts' and everyone knows it.
- My bet is they pigeonhole girls just like they always did, as nice girls or tarts.
- What mathematical model could account for the happily married successful man risking marriage and career for a meaningless drunken grope with the office tart at the Christmas party?
- His affair with that posh tart has finally done for him.
- My favourite moment had to be his declaration in the diary room that the British public had done well to evict a Page 3 tart, rather than a leading left-wing anti-war crusader like him.
- 1.1dated A prostitute.
the tarts were touting for trade Example sentencesExamples - The suffragettes donned red lipstick as a feminist statement at a time when only tarts and actresses wore the old war paint.
- You might get a tart calling over, ' Hello Jack, how are you ' - that sort of thing.
- I started to peel off my wetsuit jacket; feeling now a little bit like a tart in a French brothel on a busy Bastille Day.
- It's an exaggeration to say that Boswell and his contemporaries would start the day with a tuppeny tart, get blotto at lunchtime and join in a riot on the way home but not much of an exaggeration.
- I trust that our council is not spending the £20,000 per day collected from hard-pressed motorists on decorating our roads to the point where they start to resemble a tart's boudoir.
- The only alibi he can provide for the night of the murder is that he was being spanked by a tart in frilly knickers.
- Maybe you will read this and think she was a tart, but please do not judge someone you don't know.
Synonyms whore, sex worker, call girl, white slave prostitute, whore, sex worker, call girl, white slave
verbtɑrttärt [with object]tart oneself upBritish informal 1Dress or make oneself up in order to look attractive or eye-catching. 〈非正式，主英〉打扮以引人注目 Example sentencesExamples - From her perfect hair and glowing tan and flawless make-up, I'd have figured Julia wouldn't mind tarting herself up for Markus.
- Prichard is making friends on the sixth floor too, where the secretaries have been treated to an image consultant brought in at company expense to teach them how to tart themselves up.
- I think that's why we tarted ourselves up like that - so that our original face was hardly seen.
- And so the ladies decide to tart themselves up as male female impersonators.
- You are gradually trained how to use some of the more advanced items lest you accidentally kill yourself trying to tart yourself up in the mirror.
- Knackered already, one tarted oneself up and headed off to Blackheath to meet Chris and his girlfriend.
- So I went and tarted myself up on Tuesday and got a new passport picture done.
- Although it hasn't changed I do sometimes think it has become such a fixed thing that I don't really pose too much or wear make up or tart myself up.
- The only way they can make themselves interesting is to tart themselves up.
- After sleeping late, Wade and I tarted ourselves up and walked a few minutes down Cheltenham Beach to North Head where Byron and Briar were to be married.
Synonyms dress oneself up, make oneself up, smarten oneself up, preen oneself, beautify oneself, groom oneself - 1.1tart something up Decorate or improve the appearance of something.
装饰（或改善）外观 the page layouts have been tarted up with cartoons 书页上的版面用卡通装饰。 Example sentencesExamples - Regardless of the need for the military, the existing one, I suppose, has a right to advertise and tart itself up.
- For the last ten years, news divisions have tarted themselves up.
- The Black Cross of that book was the Golden Cross in Portobello Road, which tragically tarted itself up the week of publication, thus missing out on literary-tourist-trail notoriety.
- We can only keep tarting them up so many times before they become life-expired and we need a new train.
- In Stage 5, I take this tremendously sentimental display of family history and tart it up with lots of spaceships and cartoon characters.
- I've already spent £300-400 tarting it up with fresh paint and hiring a crane to get it here.
- We are tarting the place up a bit and there will be champagne at the bar for him.
- I also hope that the tarting the town up doesn't stop.
- An uncrossing is just an uncrossing, whether you want to tart it up in cool post modern chaos lingo is pretty meaningless.
- The Government arbitration service moved into new offices eight months ago, spent £70,000 tarting them up - and is now moving out.
Synonyms decorate, renovate, refurbish, redecorate, retouch, modernize
OriginMid 19th century: probably an abbreviation of sweetheart. adjectivetärttɑrt 1Sharp or acid in taste. 酸的 一个酸苹果。 Example sentencesExamples - The pork was beautifully cooked, but the soft Bramley apple slices were very tart and not to my taste.
- Incredibly, after all that, we decided we still had room for dessert, and we tried a tart Cranberry Apple Crisp and a luscious Espresso Nut Brownie.
- His brulée was yummy; the tart sweetness of the raspberries combining well with the cool, creamy texture of the creme fraiche and the toffee crunch of the burnt-sugar topping.
- The starter of wild mushroom salad was a delight of deep, earthy tastes with a tart balsamic dressing to sharpen up the wild fungus.
- Most important of all are good tomatoes: their ample juices supply enough liquid to moisten the stew and their tart flavour balances the mellow sweetness of the other vegetables.
- A crisp, slightly tart apple dipped in chewy caramel is a classic sweet.
- Hawthorns are loved for their sweet, tart taste which can improve the appetite, help digestion and aid in weight reduction.
- It's a medium to large, red- and green-striped fruit with a crisp, juicy, sweetly tart taste.
- My mother made an amazing apple pie, and we use her recipe, tart and lemony with a piled-high top crust.
- This compound has a fruity flavour which, when added to the tart taste of acetic acid, gives the complex character to a good wine vinegar.
- And the tangy apple flavour found in most Chardonnays comes primarily from malic acid, the tart acid found in apples.
- It turned out that the rich, dense taste of black sesame paste is contrasted by tart lime juice, putting some zing in the glass.
- Tastes like a cross between a pear and a very tart apricot, with a small kick at the end.
- Need I say that the inch-thick portions were crusty brown on the outside, rosy pink on the inside, steaming from the warmer, speckled with tart dabs of fresh horseradish?
- This recipe keeps the purée very tart and sharp.
- The soursop is good too; it's made from a sweet, tart fruit and tastes like lemonade, but a little more funky and tropical.
- And it was crisp and sweet without being cloying, although I like slightly tart apples as well.
- One of our choices was an apple crumble, which brilliantly combined sweet and tart tastes, together with vanilla parfait and toffee sauce.
- I thought about adding a tart Granny Smith apple to it, too, but that would make a bit too much slaw for just the two of us.
- Boyle went on to characterize acids, noting their sour or tart taste and their ability to corrode metals.
Synonyms sour, sharp, sharp-tasting, tangy, bitter, acid, acidic, zesty, piquant, pungent, strong, harsh, unsweetened, vinegary, lemony, citrus, burning, acrid, acetic - 1.1 (of a remark or tone of voice) cutting, bitter, or sarcastic.
（言辞，语调）尖刻的；辛辣的；讥讽的 我也反唇相讥。 Example sentencesExamples - He has emerged as the campaign's best debater, always able to offer a tart critique of what is wrong with all the leading candidates.
- He looked incredulous, unoffended by her tart tone.
- From the 19 June Observer magazine ‘Up Front’ profile of Carey, a few tart observations.
- You might get a tart calling over, ‘Hello Jack, how are you’ - that sort of thing - and sidle over alongside.
- I started to give a tart reply, but Atelious gave a deep inarticulate growl that was felt more than heard, and she shut up.
- On his way out, Zossimov makes a tart remark about Dounia's attractiveness to Razumihin.
- He has tart remarks concerning the latest Anglican commotions.
- He also became known for his tart, slashing criticism about tax policy - including policies devised by people whose general goals he shared.
- On a similarly tart note, one email doing the rounds allegedly relates to the latest business breakthrough.
- Not that any proper Canadian would ever say something so tart or sardonic.
- She was old enough to be Bahzell's mother, and her tart tone was so like his old nurse's that he grinned despite his tension.
- Over the past two or three elections, I was the victim of the UNC leader's tart tongue.
- Here she was, so recently subjected to tart commentary in a select committee, but willing to demonstrate exactly the kind of fiscal responsibility that this country needs right now.
- Danny's hands flew to his head self-consciously, the shrill ringing of his phone saving Alyssa from a tart response.
- The song finally shut off and a tart voice came on the line.
- That tart comment certainly left its impact on Sunny.
- When he reiterated it at a City Council meeting some months ago, I offered a tart retort.
- My daughter had rung the ward concerned but got a very tart response as she was not a relative, even though she had been authorised by the husband to take this step.
- With anyone else, Olivia would be tempted to make a tart comment.
Synonyms acerbic, sharp, biting, cutting, keen, stinging, mordant, astringent, caustic, trenchant, incisive, pointed, piercing, bitter, barbed, scathing, sarcastic, sardonic, acrimonious, nasty, rude, vicious, spiteful, venomous, wounding
OriginOld English teart ‘harsh, severe’, of unknown origin. |