Acrid
['ækrɪd]
Definition
(a.) Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not, to the taste; pungent; as, acrid salts.
(a.) Causing heat and irritation; corrosive; as, acrid secretions.
(a.) Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating; as, acrid temper, mind, writing.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Sharp, biting, pungent, hot, burning, poignant, caustic, corrosive.[2]. Severe, harsh, ACRIMONIOUS.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Harsh, sour
ANT:Mellow, sweet, luscious
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Definition
adj. biting to the taste: pungent: bitter.—ns. Acrid′ity Ac′ridness quality of being acrid: a sharp bitter taste.
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Examples
- The acrid smell had carried across the table and he had picked out the one familiar component. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- A dreary weight of anxiety and acrid bitterness settled on her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Mr. Rochester then turned to the spectators: he looked at them with a smile both acrid and desolate. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Georgiana, who had a spoiled temper, a very acrid spite, a captious and insolent carriage, was universally indulged. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- They are unstable compounds, decomposing readily, and furnish the acrid products which make strong butter. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Only the pale oils are used in medicine; the dark oils are too rank and acrid, and they are only used in dressing leather. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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