English-Thai Dictionary
acrid
ADJ ดุเดือด (คำพูด กิริยา วาจา รุนแรง เผ็ดร้อน sarcastic caustic run-raeng
acrid
ADJ รุนแรง (กลิ่น หรือ รส ฉุน แสบ จมูก bitter sharp stinging phed-ron
acridness
N การ กัดกร่อน kan-kad-kron
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ACRID
a.[L. accr.] Sharp; pungent; bitter; sharp or biting to the taste; acrimonious; as acrid salts.
ACRIDNESS
n.A sharp, bitter, pungent quality.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ACRID
Ac "rid, a. Etym: [L. acer sharp; prob. assimilated in form to acid. See Eager. ]
1. Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not, to the taste; pungent; as, acrid salts.
2. Causing heat and irritation; corrosive; as, acrid secretions.
3. Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating; as, acrid temper, mind, writing. Acrid poison, a poison which irritates, corrodes, or burns the parts to which it is applied.
ACRIDITY; ACRIDNESS
ACRIDITY; ACRIDNESS A *crid "i *ty, Ac "rid *ness n.
Defn: The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech.
ACRIDLY
ACRIDLY Ac "rid *ly, adv.
Defn: In an acid manner.
New American Oxford Dictionary
acrid
ac rid |ˈakrid ˈækrəd | ▶adjective having an irritatingly strong and unpleasant taste or smell: acrid fumes. • angry and bitter: an acrid farewell. DERIVATIVES a crid i ty |əˈkriditē |noun, ac rid ly adverb ORIGIN early 18th cent.: formed irregularly from Latin acer, acri- ‘sharp, pungent ’ + -id 1, probably influenced by acid .
acridine
ac ri dine |ˈakriˌdēn ˈækrədin | ▶noun Chemistry a colorless solid compound obtained from coal tar, used in the manufacture of dyes and drugs. [Chem. formula: C 13 H 9 N. ] ORIGIN late 19th cent.: coined in German from acrid + -ine 4 .
Oxford Dictionary
acrid
acrid |ˈakrɪd | ▶adjective unpleasantly bitter or pungent: acrid smoke | an acrid smell. DERIVATIVES acridity |əˈkrɪdɪti |noun, acridly adverb ORIGIN early 18th cent.: formed irregularly from Latin acer, acri- ‘sharp, pungent ’ + -id 1, probably influenced by acid .
acridine
acridine |ˈakrɪdiːn | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Chemistry a colourless solid compound obtained from coal tar, used in the manufacture of dyes and drugs. ●Chem. formula: C 13 H 9 N. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: coined in German from acrid + -ine 4 .
American Oxford Thesaurus
acrid
acrid adjective the fruit's acrid taste was a bad surprise: pungent, bitter, sharp, sour, tart, caustic, harsh, irritating, acid, acidic, vinegary, acetic, acetous; stinging, burning.
Oxford Thesaurus
acrid
acrid adjective the acrid smell of smoke clung about the building: pungent, bitter, sharp, sour, tart, harsh, acid, acidic, acidulated, vinegary, acerbic, acetic, acetous; stinging, burning, irritating, nauseating; noxious, strong, malodorous, odorous, burnt, sooty; literary mephitic; rare acidulous, miasmic, miasmal. ANTONYMS sweet.
Duden Dictionary
Acridin
Ac ri din , Acri din Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Acrid i n |das Acridin; Genitiv: des Acridins lateinisch-neulateinisch aus Steinkohlenteer gewonnene stickstoffhaltige organische Verbindung (Ausgangsstoff für Arzneimittel )
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
acrid
ac rid /ǽkrɪd /形容詞 1 〈においが 〉きつい ; 〈煙が 〉つんとくる ; 悪臭を放つ ; 〈味が 〉苦い .2 〈言葉 態度が 〉辛辣 (しんらつ )な, とげとげしい .