💬 Harsh language 👃 A sharp smell

acridness

8.1

A strong, bitter smell or taste that burns the nose

noun
/ˈækrɪd.nəs/

: acidez

I couldn't stand the acridness of the burnt food.

Examples

The acridness of the smoke lingered long after the fire was out.
The acridness of the chemicals in the air made it hard to breathe.
She wrinkled her nose at the acridness of the burnt toast.
The acridness of the smoke made it hard to breathe.
The acridness of the smoke made her eyes water as she tried to breathe.
He could hardly eat because of the acridness of the burnt food lingering in the air.
Her nose twitched at the acridness of the chemicals in the air after the spill.

Synonyms

stench

vsacridness

80 3.5

A very bad strong smell that makes you feel sick

is less about sheer offensiveness and more about sharp bitter bite

bitterness

vsacridness

9 2.6

A sharp unpleasant taste found in foods like black coffee

adds a strong pungent smell element beyond simple bitter taste

pungent smell

vsacridness

1 3.3

A strong sharp smell that makes your eyes water

covers both taste and smell rather than focusing only on smell

pungency

vsacridness

1 7.0

A strong sharp taste or smell that makes your eyes water

is similar but emphasizes bitter edge as well as sharpness

sharpness

vsacridness

1 2.9

A strong, biting taste or smell that stings the nose

leans more toward bitterness combined with pungency rather than neutral sharp quality

foulness

vsacridness

1 7.2

A strong, very bad smell from sewage or rotten garbage

can include that smell but also stresses sharp bitter taste aspects

stinkiness

vsacridness

1 4.3

A strong unpleasant smell that makes people move away

focuses more on biting taste and pungent odor combined

rankness

vsacridness

1 9.0

A very strong bad smell that makes you feel sick

is centered on sharp bitter or pungent sensory qualities, not decay alone

acridity

vsacridness

9.6

A strong sharp taste or smell that feels unpleasant

has identical meaning but appears as an alternative form in writing

pungence

vsacridness

Archaic

8.7

A strong, sharp taste or smell that can be unpleasant for some people

matches that biting sense but is a different spelling or form

acerbity

vsacridness

9.9

A sharp, sour taste that makes your mouth pucker

includes that sharp taste but also stresses pungent odor aspects

unpalatability

vsacridness

8.6

A bad taste that makes you not want to eat something

focuses more narrowly on bitter and pungent sensations than general dislike

unpalatableness

vsacridness

9.1

A quality of food or drink that tastes bad

is narrower, highlighting strong bitter and sharp sensory qualities

unsavoriness

vsacridness

8.8

A very unpleasant taste or smell that makes you reject food

is more specific about a biting bitter or pungent sensory quality

malodorousness

vsacridness

8.9

A strong, unpleasant smell that is easy to notice

adds a biting or pungent bitter quality beyond mere unpleasant odor

pestilential smell

vsacridness

Literature

9.4

A very strong bad air that makes you think of rotting things or disease

is about sharp bitter or pungent sensations, not necessarily disease associations

Antonyms

sweetness

4 1.0

A pleasant smell like flowers or fresh bread

How Acrid

bitterness

9 2.6

acridness

8.1

pungency

1 7.0

sharpness

1 2.9

mildness

1 3.3

Surface Forms

acridness singular

acridnesses plural

Morphology

acridness = acrid (transparent) = acrid + ness

Standard nominalization of the adjective 'acrid' with '-ness' yields the quality 'acridness' meaning the state of being acrid.

Etymology

Acridness comes from the Latin root acer meaning 'sharp' or 'bitter', the same idea you see in acid. So acridness describes a strong, bitter taste or smell that makes you cough or wrinkle your nose.