acridity
acridity noun: bitterness or acerbity.
Noun
acridity (countable and uncountable, plural acridities)
- Bitterness or acerbity.
- An acrid taste or smell.
- Bitterness in speech or behavior; causticness.
- She was not safe from the acridity of his tongue but at least she need not fear physical violence, which was well within the possibilities for others.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019
acridity meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
acridity in Tamil
- கடுங்கார்ப்பு, உறைப்பு
acridity in Urdu
- تیز کڑوا مزہ, ترش مزاجی, جھنجلاہٹ, تلخی
acridity in Malayalam
- തീക്ഷ്ണമായ, ക്രൂരമായ, പരുഷമായ, നിഷ്ഠുരമായ, തീക്ഷ്ണഗന്ധമോ സ്വാദോ ഉള്ള, കടുംവിഷം
Synonyms of acridity
Forms of acridity
| plural | acridities |
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Origin of acridity
From acrid + -ity.
Questions about acridity
- What does acridity mean?
- Acridity means bitterness or acerbity.
- What is acridity in Tamil?
- Acridity in Tamil is கடுங்கார்ப்பு, உறைப்பு. See Acridity meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is acridity?
- Acridity is a noun.
- What is the plural of acridity?
- The plural of acridity is acridities.
Words near acridity in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: acridity (page history and authors); acridity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acridity (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acridity (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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