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单词 acridness
释义
acridness
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Use the noun acridness to talk about the sharp or bitter taste of something. You might, for example, worry about the acridness of your homemade apple cider.
When something is acrid, it's bitter or sour, and the word acridness describes that quality, especially of a food, drink, or something you accidentally taste. When you describe something's acridness, you probably don't like its flavor. When you bite your nails after applying mosquito repellant, you'll be surprised by the acridness on your fingertips! The Latin word acer is at the root of acridness, and it means "sharp, pungent, bitter, or fierce."
WORD FAMILY
acrid: acridest, acridity, acridly, acridness+/acridity: acridities
USAGE EXAMPLES
Instead I tasted and smelled the acridness of tin plates and cups designed for tea parties that bored me.
Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye(1970)
He hated the acridness in his mother’s and father’s relationship, the conviction of righteousness they each held on to with both hands.
Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon(1977)
The room smells as she does, a powdery floral smell that lacks the acridness of perfume.
Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake(2003)
1
n extreme bitterness
Syn|Hyper
acridity
bitter, bitterness
the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
2
n the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone
Syn|Hyper
acridity
disagreeableness
the quality of being disagreeable and unpleasant
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