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ACRIDNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does acridness mean?
• ACRIDNESS (noun)
The noun ACRIDNESS has 2 senses:
1. extreme bitterness
2. the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone
Familiarity information: ACRIDNESS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extreme bitterness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
acridity; acridness
Context example:
the acridity of alkali
Hypernyms ("acridness" is a kind of...):
bitter; bitterness (the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
acridity; acridness
Hypernyms ("acridness" is a kind of...):
disagreeableness (the quality of being disagreeable and unpleasant)
Derivation:
acrid (harsh or corrosive in tone)
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