Dictionary Definition
acridity
Noun
1 having an acrid smell
2 extreme bitterness; "the acridity of alkali"
[syn: acridness]
3 the quality of being sharply disagreeable in
language or tone [syn: acridness]
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Synonyms
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
acerbity, acidity, acidness, acidulousness, acridness, acrimony, acuity, acumination, acuteness, asperity, astringence, astringency, bite, bitingness, bitter pill,
bitterness, causticity, causticness, corrosiveness, cuttingness, edge, fierceness, gall, gall and wormwood, grip, harshness, incisiveness, keenness, mordacity, mordancy, mucronation, piercingness, piquancy, poignancy, point, pointedness, prickliness, pungency, rigor, roughness, severity, sharpness, sourness, spinosity, stabbingness, sting, stridency, stringency, tartness, teeth, thorniness, trenchancy, vehemence, violence, virulence