1. (adj.)acrid harshly or bitterly pungent in taste or smell; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.
2. acrid sharply stinging or bitter; caustic: acrid remarks.
Etymology: (1705–15; < L ācr- (s. of ācer) sharp, sour)
Definition of 'acrid'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (adj)pungent, acrid strong and sharp;"the pungent taste of radishes" "the acrid smell of burning rubber"
2. (adj)acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic harsh or corrosive in tone "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique"
Definition of 'acrid'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)acrid sharp and harsh, or bitter and not, to the taste; pungent; as, acrid salts
2. (adj)acrid causingheat and irritation; corrosive; as, acrid secretions
Definitions of acrid 
Afrikaans: wrang, bytend
Arabic: حَرِّيف، حَاد
Bulgarian: остър
Brazilian: acre
Czech: štiplavý
German: beißend
Danish: kras; skarp
Greek: δριμύς, έντονος
Spanish: acre
Estonian: kibe
Farsi: تند؛ ناملایم
Finnish: kitkerä
French: âcre
Hebrew: חָרִיף
Hindi: तीखा
Croatian: jedak
Hungarian: fanyar
Indonesian: sangit, tajam
Icelandic: rammur, svíðandi
Italian: acre
Japanese: 刺すような
Korean: 매운, 쓴
Lithuanian: aštrus, aitrus
Latvian: sīvs; kodīgs
Malay: menusuk hidung
Dutch: scherp
Norwegian: stram, skarp, bitter
Polish: drażniący, gryzący
Persian: تند؛ ناملایم
Pashto: تريخ،ناملايم
Portuguese: acre
Romanian: înţepător
Russian: едкий
Slovak: štipľavý
Slovenian: jedek
Serbian: rezak
Swedish: bitter, skarp, frän
Thai: กลิ่นหรือรสรุนแรง
Turkish: keskin
Taiwanese: 刺鼻的，辛辣的
Ukrainian: гострий, різкий
Urdu: کڑوا ، تیز ، تلخ
Vietnamese: hăng
Chinese: 辛辣的
