acrid

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And now Harriet was here--acrid, indissoluble, large; the same in Italy as in England--changing her disposition never, and her atmosphere under protest Yet even Harriet was human, and the better for a little tea.

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  1. adjective Unpleasantly sharp, pungent, or bitter to the taste or smell. See Synonyms at bitter.
  2. adjective Caustic in language or tone.

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  • The air still smelled acrid, a mixture of gasoline, scorched metal and melted plastic. —  The Survivors Club by Lisa Gardener
  • The air became acrid, and the silence of the onlookers was broken by spasmodic coughing. —  The Dancing Druids - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 21: 1948
  • It was acrid, the way it always is when a gun has been fired in an enclosed space. —  dummy5
  • The green mousetrap smelled acrid, and the bottom of it was sticky with mouse piss. —  Smoke and Mirrors, by Neil Gaiman.
  • Soot conjures acrid, stifling images, from Dickensian London to smokestacks in China. —  Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed
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pungent ·  musky ·  salty ·  sour ·  rancid ·  oily ·  smoky ·  fetid ·  cloying ·  resinous ·  noxious ·  caustic
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Etymologies (2)

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

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  1. First in 18th century; from Latin acer, rarely acris, acrus (later F. âcre = Spanish Portuguese Italian acre), sharp, pungent; with termination due to the kindred L. acidus, sharp, sour: see acid.
 

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