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acrid |
acridid |
acrididae |
acridity |
acridly |
acridness
| acridotheres
| acridotheres tristis
| acrilan
| acrimonious
| acrimoniously
acridness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun acridness has 2 senses
- acridness(n = noun.attribute) acridity - extreme bitterness; "the acridity of alkali" is a kind of bitter, bitterness
- acridness(n = noun.attribute) acridity - the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone; Array is a kind of disagreeableness
Derived form adjective acrid2
CIDE DICTIONARY
acridness, n.
- The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness; extreme bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech. [1913 Webster]
- having an acrid smell. [WordNet 1.5]
ROGET THESAURUS
acridness
Bitterness
N bitterness, acridness, acridity, acrimony, caustic, alkali, acerbity, gall, wormwood, bitters, astringent bitters, Angostura, aromatic bitters, sourness, pungency, alkaloids, turmeric, bitter, bitterish, acrid, acerb, acerbic, bitter as gall, bitter pill to take, sugar coating on a bitter pill.
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