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acrid

• (s) strong and sharp;"the pungent taste of radishes"
  • the acrid smell of burning rubber
  pungent,
• (s) harsh or corrosive in tone
  • an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose
  • a barrage of acid comments
  • her acrid remarks make her many enemies
  • bitter words
  • blistering criticism
  • caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics
  • a sulfurous denunciation
  • a vitriolic critique
  acid, blistering, caustic, vitriolic, acerb, acerbic, sulfurous, sulphurous, bitter, virulent,

Synonyms

pungent acid blistering caustic vitriolic acerb acerbic sulfurous sulphurous bitter virulent

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