acrid
acrid is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Causing heat and irritation; corrosive; as, acrid secretions.
- 2.Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating; as, acrid temper, mind, writing. Acrid poison, a poison which irritates, corrodes, or burns the parts to which it is applied.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- acerbity
- acridity
- acrimonious
- acrimony
- amaritude
- and
- assafoetida
- astringency
- astringent
- austerity
- bad
- bite
- biting
- bitter
- bitterness
- disgust
- empyreuma
- empyreumatic
- fetid
- fetor
- fitchet
- fitchew
- foul
- foulness
- frouzy
- fulsome
- fungus
- fusty
- gall
- garlic
- gas
- harsh
- have
- high
- like
- loathsome
- malodor
- mephitic
- mustiness
- musty
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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