acrid
11acrid — [[t]æ̱krɪd[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n An acrid smell or taste is strong and sharp, and usually unpleasant. The room filled with the acrid smell of tobacco... The plant has an unpleasant odour and an acrid taste. Syn: pungent, bitter …
12acrid — adjective 1 an acrid smell or taste, is strong and unpleasant and stings your nose or throat: a cloud of acrid smoke 2 formal an acrid comment, discussion etc is very critical or angry …
13acrid — UK [ˈækrɪd] / US adjective 1) an acrid smell or taste is very strong, bitter, and unpleasant in your nose and throat stinging, acrid petrol fumes 2) an acrid remark expresses criticism in a rather cruel way …
14acrid — acridity /euh krid i tee/, acridness, n. acridly, adv. /ak rid/, adj. 1. sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.: acrid smoke from burning rubber. 2. extremely or sharply stinging or bitter;… …
15acrid — adjective /ˈækɹɪd/ a) Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent. Sodium polyacrylate is an acrid salt. b) Causing heat and irritation; corrosive …
16acrid — adjective Etymology: modification of Latin acr , acer sharp more at edge Date: 1712 1. sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor ; irritating 2. deeply or violently bitter ; acrimonious < an acrid …
17acrid — adj. Acrid is used with these nouns: ↑fumes, ↑smell, ↑smoke, ↑stench, ↑stink …
18acrid — Canadian Slang [a krid] Careful and precise I was acrid in making this page …
19acrid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. pungent, biting, acid; corrosive, caustic. See sourness, pungency. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Harsh in taste or smell] Syn. bitter, sharp, stinging, irritating; see sour 1 . 2. [Caustic] Syn.… …
20acrid — [18] Acrid is related to acid, and probably owes its second syllable entirely to that word. It is based essentially on Latin acer ‘sharp, pungent’, which, like acid, acute, oxygen, and edge, derives ultimately from an Indo European base *ak… …
