acrid
— Adjective
– English
~ 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"
acridid
— Noun
– English
~ grasshopper with short antennae
Acrididae
— Noun
– English
~ short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts
acridity
— Noun
– English
~ extreme bitterness; "the acridity of alkali"
acridity
— Noun
– English
~ the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone