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1. • • Overall, "acrid" conveys a sense of sharp and biting unpleasantness, whether related to odors, tastes, or emotional experiences, and suggests an intense and often undesirable sensory or emotional impact.
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   What does acrid smell mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! ACRID definition: 1. An acrid smell or taste is strong and bitter and causes a burning feeling in the throat: 2. An…. Learn more.

   ACRID | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   What does acrid mean?

   • acrid, a. 1. Bitterly pungent to the organs of taste or smell, or to the skin, etc.; irritating; corrosive. The wilde Leeke hath leaues much like vnto those of Crow-garlicke, but larger, and more acride. Wherefore they cannot endure acrid [French acres] and biting medicines.

   acrid, adj. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary

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   What does acrid smoke smell like?

   • The smell of acrid smoke hung heavy around the school. At one pit this week, waves of heat rose from newly dumped water, and an acrid, petroleum smell hung in the air. It's sometimes called the "five flavors berry," because it tastes sour, bitter, sweet, salty and acrid all at once.

   ACRID | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   How do you use acrid in a sentence?

   • You can also use acrid to describe someone's tone or general demeanor when they are being nasty. Someone about to do something evil might first give an acrid sneer, or speak in a chillingly acrid tone of voice, or even shudder as if they'd just bit into something with an acrid taste.

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishACRID | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   ACRID definition: 1. An acrid smell or taste is strong and bitter and causes a burning feeling in the throat: 2. An…. Learn more.

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     An acrid smell or taste is strong and bitter and causes a...

   • Znaczenie Acrid, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     ACRID definicja: 1. An acrid smell or taste is strong and...

   • Acrid: German Translation

     ACRID translate: beißend. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Acrid: Thai Translation

     ACRID translate: กลิ่นหรือรสรุนแรง. Learn more in the...

   • Acrid: Indonesian Translation

     ACRID translate: sangit, tajam. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Acrid Spanish Translation

     ACRID translate: acre, acre. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Acrid: Russian Translation

     ACRID translate: едкий . Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Acrid: Vietnamese Translation

     ACRID translate: hăng. Learn more in the Cambridge...

4. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › acrid-smellACRID SMELL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] An acrid smell or taste is strong and sharp, and usually unpleasant. [...] See full entry for 'acrid' Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Definition of 'smell' smell. (smel ) countable noun B1.

5. www.fifthsense.org.uk › psychology-and-smellPsychology and Smell - Fifth Sense

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   Psychology and Smell. As described in How Smell Works, when a smell is detected, the olfactory neurones in the upper part of the nose generate an impulse that is passed to the brain along the olfactory nerve.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryACRID | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   An acrid smell or taste is strong and bitter and causes a burning feeling in the throat: Clouds of acrid smoke issued from the building . SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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   Acrid is almost always used to describe a smell, and it ain't a pretty one. Acrid is the nasty sting that you feel in your nose when you walk by a building that just burned down — it's sulfur mixed with smoke.

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   What does the adjective acrid mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective acrid . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

9. dictionary.cambridge.org › learner-english › acridACRID | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   An acrid smell is unpleasant and causes a burning feeling in your throat. (Definition of acrid from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)