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Definition of Acrid
1. Adjective. Strong and sharp. "The acrid smell of burning rubber"
2. Adjective. Harsh or corrosive in tone. "A vitriolic critique"
Similar to: Unpleasant
Derivative terms: Acerbity, Acridity, Acridness, Bitterness, Virulence, Virulency, Vitriol
Definition of Acrid
1. a. Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not, to the taste; pungent; as, acrid salts.
Definition of Acrid
1. Adjective. Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent. ¹
2. Adjective. Causing heat and irritation; corrosive ¹
3. Adjective. Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Acrid
1. sharp and harsh to the taste or smell [adj -RIDER, -RIDEST]
Medical Definition of Acrid
1. 1. Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not, to the taste; pungent; as, acrid salts. 2. Causing heat and irritation; corrosive; as, acrid secretions. 3. Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating; as, acrid temper, mind, writing. Acrid poison, a poison which irritates, corrodes, or burns the parts to which it is applied. Origin: L. Acer sharp; prob. Assimilated in form to acid. See Eager. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acrid
Literary usage of Acrid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1836)
"On the Effects of acrid Poisons. By THOMAS HODGKIN, MD THE British Association
for the Promotion of Science having requested Dr. Roupell and myself to ..."
2. The Modern Practice of Physic: Exhibiting the Characters, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Thomas (1813)
"This he attributes to the excessive heat, the air being impregnated with noxious
particles, and the acrid and burning dust which the winds scatter in the ..."
3. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1866)
"The precipitated resin is brown and soft, and has a very acrid taste, ...
By treatment with hot water containing sulphuric acid, the acrid principle is ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1859)
"The acrid principle of the Ranunculus sceleratus is a volatile oil, soluble in
ether, of a very pungent taste and smell, which probably becomes decomposed, ..."
5. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1884)
"Its virtue depends on peculiar acrid and bitter as well as tonic principles.
In North America this species and likewise ..."
6. The Lancet (1842)
"acrid saliva. a. per se. * /3. from foreign matters. Coloured saliva. Frothy saliva.
Urinary saliva. Gelatinous saliva. 1. Deficient Salira. Definition. ..."
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