The injury must have had an acerbating effect upon Tom Candlish, for, to use the constables' words, they came down out of the bedroom with fleas in their ears; and after having a horn of ale apiece, went back to the village.
"The Man with a Shadow"
George Manville Fenn
At first they were both extremely angry, acerbating each other's wrath.
"Ayala's Angel"
Anthony Trollope