Read full poem →From a nocturnal root,
Which feels the acrid juice
Of Styx and Erebus;
Dictionary Entry
Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste.
In a Sentence
“Sodium polyacrylate is an acrid salt.”
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Common Phrases
smell acridsmoke acridtaste acrid. acridodor acridfumes acrid
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Poetry examples for “acrid”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Old meat, good meals, brown gobbets, up I throw.
Do I remember? Acrid return and slimy,
The sobs and slobber of a last years woe.
Read full poem →Acrid with the stench of dried sweat were your clothes, and your long slick
oily black hair, and your hands were puffed and creased, soft and unhealthily
Read full poem →It is I, you women—I make my way,
I am stern, acrid, large, undissuadable—but I love you,
I do not hurt you any more than is necessary for you,