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Acridity

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Bitterness or acerbity. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone wordnet
  3. 3
    An acrid taste or smell. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    extreme bitterness wordnet
  5. 5
    Bitterness in speech or behavior; causticness. countable, figuratively, uncountable

    "She was not safe from the acridity of his tongue but at least she need not fear physical violence, which was well within the possibilities for others."

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  1. 6
    having an acrid smell wordnet

Etymology

From acrid + -ity.

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