acridity

ac·rid

A0064000 (ăk′rĭd)adj.1. Unpleasantly sharp, pungent, or bitter to the taste or smell. See Synonyms at bitter.2. Caustic in language or tone: an acrid political campaign.

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[From Latin ācer, sharp (probably modeled on acid); see ak- in Indo-European roots.]

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a·crid′i·ty (ə-krĭd′ĭ-tē), ac′rid·ness n.ac′rid·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	acridity - having an acrid smell odour, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, smell, odor - the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses"
	2.	acridity - extreme bitterness; "the acridity of alkali"acridnessbitter, bitterness - the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
	3.	acridity - the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or toneacridnessdisagreeableness - the quality of being disagreeable and unpleasant

acridity

nounIrony or bitterness, as of tone:acerbity, acidity, causticity, corrosiveness, mordacity, mordancy, sarcasm, trenchancy.

Translations

acredine