acrid
Meaning of acrid
adjective
- unpleasantly bitter or pungent.
acrid smoke
an acrid smell
early 18th century: formed irregularly from Latin acer, acri- ‘sharp, pungent’ + -id1, probably influenced by acid .
Information about acrid
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of acrid
acrid
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- acrid is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
acrid synonyms
Meaning pungent:
Meaning acerb:
acerb, acerbic, acid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, venomous, virulent, vitriolic
Meaning (of a food, taste, or smell) acidic and intense:
Meaning having an acid taste like lemon or vinegar:
Meaning an open pastry case containing a sweet or savoury filling:
Meaning unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses:
Meaning having the properties of an acid, or containing acid; having a pH below 7:
Meaning slightly acidic:
Meaning tasting of or containing vinegar:
Meaning of or like vinegar or acetic acid:
Meaning producing or resembling vinegar:
Meaning having a sting; capable of wounding or piercing with a sting:
Meaning on fire:
Meaning causing annoyance, impatience, or mild anger:
Meaning causing or liable to cause a feeling of nausea or disgust; disgusting:
Meaning harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant:
Meaning having the power to move heavy weights or perform other physically demanding tasks:
Meaning smelling very unpleasant:
Meaning having or giving off an odour:
Meaning (of a fire) produce flames and heat while consuming a material such as coal or wood:
Meaning covered with or coloured like soot:
Meaning (especially of a gas or vapour) foul-smelling; noxious:
Meaning sharp-tasting; sour:
Meaning producing an unpleasant smell; noxious:
acrid antonyms
Meaning having the pleasant taste characteristic of sugar or honey; not salt, sour, or bitter:
Translation of acrid
- Italian: acido, caustico, aspro, acre
- German: scharf, bitter, heftig, beißend, erbittert, virulent
- Spanish: cáustico, cáustica, acre
- French: âcre
- Portuguese: acre
Anagrams of acrid
Caird, caird, Cardi, cardi, carid, Cidra, Darci, daric, Dirac, Dirca, dirca, Icard
Words that rhyme with acrid
antacrid, epacrid, subacrid, Cancrid, cancrid
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