acrid
adj/ˈæk.ɹɪd/
Etymology
From Latin ācris, from ācer (“sharp”); probably assimilated in form to acid. Compare eager.
- derived from ācris
Definitions
Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste.
Causing heat and irritation.
- The bombardier beetle sprays acrid secretions to defend itself.
Caustic
Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating.
- That man has an acrid temper.
- In a chaotic, 90-minute back-and-forth, the two major party nominees expressed a level of acrid contempt for each other unheard-of in modern American politics.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at acrid. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at acrid. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at acrid
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA