/ˈæk.ɹɪd/
OriginFrom Latin ācris, from ācer (“sharp”); probably assimilated in form to acid. Compare eager.
- Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste.
“Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in Sout”
- Causing heat and irritation.
“The bombardier beetle sprays acrid secretions to defend itself.”
- figurativelyCaustic; bitter; bitterly irritating.
“That man has an acrid temper.”
“In a chaotic, 90-minute back-and-forth, the two major party nominees expressed a level of acrid contempt for each other unheard-of in modern American politics.”
Formsacrider(comparative) · more acrid(comparative) · acridest(superlative) · most acrid(superlative)