English-Portuguese translations for acrid

• ácrido
• acre
  O ruído não tem a cor escura do combustível, nem a qualidade acre dos dejectos químicos, condensa, no entanto, o carácter nocivo destes. Noise is not as black as oil, or as acrid as chemical waste; yet it is just as harmful, in condensed form.

Definition of acrid

• Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent
• Causing heat and irritation; corrosive
• Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating

Examples

• Sodium polyacrylate is an acrid salt
• The bombardier beetle sprays acrid secretions to defend itself
• That man has an acrid temper

Related words

• acridity
• acridness
• acridly
• acridine
• aminoacridine
• acridid
• antiacridian