Acridness (Noun)

Meaning ¹

The quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone.

Classification

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.

Synonyms

• Acridity

Hypernyms

• Disagreeableness

Related Words

• Acrid (adjective)

Meaning ²

Extreme bitterness; "the acridity of alkali".

Classification

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.

Examples

• The smell of burnt rubber filled the air with a pungent acridness that made my eyes water.
• The acridness of the lemon juice made my face contort in a mixture of surprise and disgust.
• After eating the spoiled milk, I was left with a lingering acridness in my mouth that took hours to fade.
• The chemical reactions in the lab produced a toxic compound with an intense acridness that required special handling.
• The air was thick with the acridness of smoke and ash from the wildfire, making it hard to breathe.

Synonyms

• Acridity

Hypernyms

• Bitterness