acrid
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Even at a distance - about a quarter of a mile away - the acrid smell torments my nostrils.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
This short, acrid, somewhat heavy-handed work depicts Valentin’s crash course in political cynicism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
The walls around Equatorial Guinea's notorious Bata prison were freshly painted salmon-pink for Pope Leo XIV's visit Wednesday, but inside there was no masking the acrid smell of sweat and urine.
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
What rare fruit survived to maturity on these little, addled trees was misshapen, acrid, and stubbornly green on one end; in short, it tasted terrible.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
True, generous feeling is made small account of by some, but here were two natures rendered, the one intolerably acrid, the other despicably savourless for the want of it.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing acrid
Lord of the Flies
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The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 8
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