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Another word for acrid

ADJ

  1. Having a noticeably sharp pungent taste or smell

    See also:

    taste

  2. So sharp as to cause mental pain

    See also:

    respect

    attack

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for acrid

MOD

  1. Harsh in taste or smell

    See also:

    sour

  2. Caustic

    See also:

    sarcastic

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • The acrid smell of cigarette ashes burned her nose and brought tears to her eyes.

  • It has a bitter, saline, but not acrid taste.

  • The acrid smell of sulfur surfed a breeze and burned her nose.

  • The odour is heavy and disagreeable, and the taste acrid and bitter.

  • She followed the two through the acrid smoke into the command hub.

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