acrid
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Burnt garlic is acrid and unforgiving; here, it should dissolve into the base of the sauce, barely visible but deeply present.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026
The explosion, Ms. Nichter writes, became “seared into my memory”—earsplitting blasts, acrid fumes and thick, black plumes of smoke.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
At the Chhath festivities too, firecrackers lit up the sky, leaving the air acrid with the smell of burnt sulphur.
From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025
And towering plumes of smoke and acrid odors drifted eastward with the onshore winds.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2025
Georgiana, who had a spoiled temper, a very acrid spite, a captious and insolent carriage, was universally indulged.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing acrid
Lord of the Flies
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The New SAT: Words to Capture Tone
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The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 8
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