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Meanings of acrid in English

Being harsh or corrosive in tone.

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      Strong and sharp.

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            Usage of acrid in English
            1
            The only sure fire thing to stop the acrid condition is rain.
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            2
            The air was heavy with the acrid fumes of smoke and powder.
            Fighting in Flanders
            3
            Mrs. Reid was not cheerful; she was rather of an acrid disposition.
            A Dozen Ways Of Love
            4
            Smoke rolled down into the room, and the acrid fumes grew sharper.
            The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise
            5
            When fresh the root is very acrid, and will blister the skin.
            Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
            6
            The air was acrid, and the sky had a particular gray haze.
            Fractures - Extraordinary Tales from the Halo Canon
            7
            Languid talk and laughter, the acrid aroma of seahemp on the air.
            Woken furies
            8
            His lips were parched with excitement and the acrid smell of gunpowder.
            Jack Archer: A Tale of the Crimea
            9
            The air inside the tent was pervaded by a foul, acrid stench.
            Combed Out
            10
            A stray gust of wind brought the acrid scent of a strengi-saat.
            Sons of the Oak
            11
            The source, I assumed, of the vaguely acrid odor permeating the flat.
            Bones to Ashes
            12
            Still worse was an all-pervading, acrid odour of artificially suspended animal decay.
            The Rome Express
            13
            And then, there is the substance that gives that acrid, numbing taste.
            The War Terror
            14
            It was said to be due to an acrid, extremely volatile principle.
            The Scientific Monthly, October to December, 1915
            15
            It was a faint, almost acrid perfume that he did not know.
            The Magician
            16
            She looked at the books again-black, brown, and that acrid theological blue.
            A Room with a View
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