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Definition of acridness in English English dictionary
- An acrid taste or smell
- bitterness or acerbity
- {n} a bitter quality, pungency
- extreme bitterness; "the acridity of alkali"
- the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone
- The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech
- {i} quality of being bitter, quality of being irritating; quality of being caustic, acerbity
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- Causing heat and irritation; corrosive
The bombardier beetle sprays acrid secretions to defend themselves.
- acrid
- Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent
Sodium polyacrylate is an acrid salt.
- acrid
- harshly pungent or bitter
- acrid
- {a} of a hot biting taste, sharp, pungent
- Acrid
- Describes a wine with overly pronounced acidity This is often apparent in cheap red wines
- Acrid
- rak, brak
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- Describes a harsh or bitter taste or pungent smell that is due to excess sulfur
- Acrid
- \AK-rid\, adjective: 1 Sharp and harsh, or bitter to the taste or smell; pungent 2 Caustic in language or tone; bitter
- Acrid
- harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"
- Acrid
- Irritating and bitter
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- A secondary coffee taste sensation characterized by a predominantly piercing sour sensation on the posterior sides of the tongue Caused by higher-than-normal percentage of sour acids and a high concentration of salts Typified by an unwashed Rio coffee from Brazil
- Acrid
- Sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor
- Acrid
- strong and sharp; "the acrid smell of burning rubber"
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- An "acrid" wine is an unpleasant wine, which is also rough and tart
- Acrid
- A harsh or bitter taste or pungent smell, which can be due to too much sulfur still present in the wine
- acrid
- Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating
- acrid
- Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not, to the taste; pungent; as, acrid salts
- acrid
- strong and sharp; "the acrid smell of burning rubber
- acrid
- Causing heat and irritation; corrosive; as, acrid secretions
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- An acrid smell or taste is strong and sharp, and usually unpleasant. The room filled with the acrid smell of tobacco = bitter
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- Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating; as, acrid temper, mind, writing
- acrid
- {s} bitterly pungent, sharp or biting to the taste, irritating; caustic, emotionally wounding (of a remark, etc.)