acrid
21acrid — adjective the fruit s acrid taste was a bad surprise Syn: pungent, bitter, sharp, sour, tart, caustic, harsh, irritating, acid, acidic, vinegary, acetic, acetous; stinging, burning …
22acrid — adj 1.(all usu. of taste or smell) bitter, biting, pungent; acid, tart, harsh, sour, subacid, acetous, vinegarish, vinegary; acerb, acerbic, acidulous, acidulent, acescent, acidulated; stinging, burning, smarting, irritating; disagreeable,… …
23acrid — [ˈækrɪd] adj very strong, bitter, and unpleasant an acrid smell[/ex] …
24acrid — ac•rid [[t]ˈæk rɪd[/t]] adj. 1) harshly or bitterly pungent in taste or smell; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc 2) sharply stinging or bitter; caustic: acrid remarks[/ex] • Etymology: 1705–15; < L ācr (s. of ācer) sharp, sour a•crid•i•ty… …
25acrid — /ˈækrəd / (say akruhd) adjective 1. sharp or biting to the smell or taste; bitterly pungent; irritating. 2. irritating to the feelings; sharp: acrid remarks. {Latin ācer sharp + id4} –acridity /əˈkrɪdəti/ (say uh kriduhtee), acridness, noun… …
26acrid — [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… …
27Acrid poison — Acrid Ac rid, a. [L. acer sharp; prob. assimilated in form to acid. See {Eager}.] 1. Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not, to the taste; pungent; as, acrid salts. [1913 Webster] 2. Causing heat and irritation; corrosive; as, acrid secretions. [1913 …
28Acrid Point — (coord|56|17|S|27|36|W|) is a low lying headland between Stench Point and Pacific Point on the northwest side of Zavodovski Island, South Sandwich Islands. The name, applied by United Kingdom Antarctic Place Names Committee (UK APC) in 1971,… …
29Acrid Placidity — Infobox Song Name = Acrid Placidity Artist = Meshuggah Album = Destroy Erase Improve Released = 1995 track no = 6 Genre = Post Thrash Metal Length = 3.15 Writer = Composer = Mårten Hagström [ Chart position = ] prev = Vanished prev no = 5 next =… …
30acrid — Sharp, pungent, biting, or irritating. [L. acer (acr ), pungent] * * * ac·rid ak rəd adj irritatingly sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor ac·rid·ly adv * * * ac·rid (akґrid) [L. acer, acris sharp] pungent; producing an… …
