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acrid [ak-rid] Adjective 1. unpleasantly strong-smelling 2. sharp in speech or manner [Latin acer sharp, sour] acridity n
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(sour, acrid, salt, sweet, bitter), yet combinations of them yield more flavors than can ever be tasted. At the same time, as though an invisible hand had lifted the weight which had repressed her tears in her heart for so long, she began to weep, and, in proportion as her tears flowed, she felt all that was most acrid and bitter in her grief depart with them. She possessed affections, too, though hitherto acrid and disagreeable, as are the richest flavours of unripe fruit. |
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