Synonyms for acrid
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Pungent — sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste
pungent, bitter, acerbic, caustic, sharp, sulphurous UK, sulfurous US, sour, vinegary, vitriolic, acid, harsh, virulent, severe, blistering, biting, poignant, stinging, mordant, trenchant, sarcastic, tart, mordacious
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste.
Example sentences
- bitter The wronged parties couldn't help but feel bitter.
- caustic Our English teacher likes to make caustic comments.
- pungent Pungent fumes arose from the chemical mixture.
- acerbic Tom has a way of making acerbic comments that can sting.
- corrosive The cheapest of nepenthes are often the most corrosive.
By length
- 4 letters
- acid2, sour2, tart1
- 5 letters
- sharp1, harsh1
- 6 letters
- severe2, bitter2, biting2
- 7 letters
- caustic2, pungent2, acerbic3, mordant2
- 8 letters
- poignant2, stinging2, virulent3, vinegary
- 9 letters
- sarcastic3, corrosive3, vitriolic4, trenchant2, sulfurous
- 10 letters
- blistering3, sulphurous, mordacious
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (acid2 = 2 syllables).