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Acridness   Listen
noun
Acridness, Acridity  n.  
1.
The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness; extreme bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech.
Synonyms: acridness
2.
Having an acrid smell.
Synonyms: pungency





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"Acridness" Quotes from Famous Books



... said nothing whatsoever in New York of an interview he had had before sailing with an intensely disagreeable great-aunt, who was the wife of a Bishop. She was a horrible old woman with a broad face, blunt features and a raucous voice, whose tones added acridity to her observations when she was indulging in her favourite pastime of interfering with the business of her acquaintances ...
— The Shuttle • Frances Hodgson Burnett


Words linked to "Acridness" :   bitter, bitterness, acridity, disagreeableness


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