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Meanings of acrid in inglês

Being harsh or corrosive in tone.

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Strong and sharp.

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Examples for "pungent"
Examples for "pungent"
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He caught its pungent aroma in the damp air of the court.
The Abandoned Room
2
The pungent reek of incense from a street-shrine was in the smells.
The Door Through Space
3
This information was repeated down the ranks, along with other pungent observations.
Scarlet
4
The pungent odour of ozone from the electric discharge filled the room.
The Silent Bullet
5
The pungent odor of ozone from the electric discharge filled the room.
Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3
Usage of acrid in inglês
1
The only sure fire thing to stop the acrid condition is rain.
News.com.au
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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