- acrid smell
- sharp smell, bitter smell, burning smell
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
acrid smell
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smell — smell1 W3S2 [smel] n 1.) the quality that people and animals recognize by using their nose smell of ▪ The air was filled with the smell of flowers. sweet/delicious smell ▪ There s a delicious smell coming from the kitchen. unpleasant/bad/acrid… … Dictionary of contemporary English
smell — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ overpowering, pervasive, pungent, rich, sharp, strong ▪ There was an overpowering smell of burning rubber. ▪ f … Collocations dictionary
acrid — [[t]æ̱krɪd[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n An acrid smell or taste is strong and sharp, and usually unpleasant. The room filled with the acrid smell of tobacco... The plant has an unpleasant odour and an acrid taste. Syn: pungent, bitter … English dictionary
acrid — ac|rid [ˈækrıd] adj [Date: 1700 1800; : Latin; Origin: acer sharp ; influenced by acid] 1.) an acrid smell or taste is strong and unpleasant and stings your nose or throat ▪ a cloud of acrid smoke 2.) formal an acrid remark expresses anger and… … Dictionary of contemporary English
acrid — ac|rid [ ækrıd ] adjective 1. ) an acrid smell or taste is very strong, bitter, and unpleasant in your nose and throat: stinging, acrid fumes of burning rubber 2. ) an acrid remark expresses criticism in a cruel way … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
acrid — adjective 1 an acrid smell or taste, is strong and unpleasant and stings your nose or throat: a cloud of acrid smoke 2 formal an acrid comment, discussion etc is very critical or angry … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
acrid — UK [ˈækrɪd] / US adjective 1) an acrid smell or taste is very strong, bitter, and unpleasant in your nose and throat stinging, acrid petrol fumes 2) an acrid remark expresses criticism in a rather cruel way … English dictionary
acrid — [ˈækrɪd] adj very strong, bitter, and unpleasant an acrid smell[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
acrid — [ak′rid] adj. [< L acris, fem. of acer, sharp < IE base * ak̑ (see ACID): form infl. by ACID] 1. sharp, bitter, stinging, or irritating to the taste or smell 2. bitter or sarcastic in speech, etc. acridity [ə krid′ə tē] n. acridness acridly … English World dictionary
smell — I n. 1) to give off a smell 2) an acrid; bad, disagreeable, foul; faint, slight; persistent; rank; strong; sweet smell 3) a smell of (the smell of paint) II v. 1) (D; intr.) to smell like, of (to smell of fish) 2)(J) we smelled smt. burning 3)… … Combinatory dictionary
