acridity

Soaked in never-ending streams of bright orange bear spray, the officers choked on plumes of acrid smoke that singed their nostrils and obscured their vision.

It is acrid, colourless, and crystalline, and imparts its acridity to the plant.

Mr. Strachey, without abandoning the acridity of his style, exposes Florence Nightingale as a great constructor of civilization.

Thomas Nash will himself hardly escape the charge of acridity, but only injustice or want of discernment will call him a quack.

Henry declined the combat, and after she sensed his intention, she went on, with increasing acridity.

This species is quite common; and though very acrid to the taste, this acridity is entirely lost in cooking.