This stew tastes acrid.
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Acrid
//ˈæk.ɹɪd//
Synonyms for "acrid" (107 found)
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bitingbitterbitter as gallcausticclashingcloyingcoarsecollidingconflictingcorrodingcorrosivecuttingdespitefuldouble edgeddouble-edgededgedescharoticfeatheredgedfiercefine
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Adjective(3 words)
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Related words (53)
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Translations
57 translations across 24 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- δριμύς adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
Belarusian
1 entries- во́стры adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
Bikol Central
1 entries- masakrot adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
Bulgarian
4 entries- лугав adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
- остър adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
- рязък adj (caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating)
- язвителен adj (caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating)
Czech
3 entries- dráždivý adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
- jízlivý adj (caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating)
- štiplavý adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
Finnish
2 entries- kitkerä adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
- kitkerä adj (caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating)
French
2 entries- âcre adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
- âcre adj (caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating)
Galician
2 entries- agre adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
- agre adj (caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating)
German
1 entries- stechend adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
Greek
3 entries- αψύς adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
- αψύς adj (caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating)
- δριμύς adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
Ido
2 entries- akra adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
- akra adj (caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating)
Māori
2 entries- tangeao adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
- tangeo adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- ایتی adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
- حریف adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
- كسكین adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
Persian
3 entries- تند adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
- تیز adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
- گس adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
Polish
4 entries- cierpki adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
- drażniący adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
- gryzący adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
- ostry adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
Portuguese
3 entries- acre adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
- ácrido adj (causing heat and irritation; corrosive)
- ácrido adj (caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating)
Romanian
2 entries- acru adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
- caustic adj (caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating)
Russian
4 entries- е́дкий adj (causing heat and irritation; corrosive)
- о́стрый adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
- ре́зкий adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
- язви́тельный adj (caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- rȅzak adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
- ȍštar adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
- о̏штар adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
- ре̏зак adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
Spanish
3 entries- acre adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
- acre adj (caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating)
- mordaz adj (caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating)
Swedish
2 entries- frän adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
- skarp adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
Tagalog
1 entries- makahat adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
Turkish
2 entries- acı adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
- aşındırıcı adj (causing heat and irritation; corrosive)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chát adj (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Please don't burn the food this time. I like it better without an acrid taste.
Source: tatoeba (8860337)
There's an acrid smell here. Is something burning?
Source: tatoeba (9034282)
On the Greek island of Evia, the air was filled with acrid smoke, frequently punctured by the low-flying sorties of water-dropping aircraft.
Source: tatoeba (10238526)
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