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acridadjective having or showing deep-seated resentmentthere have been acrid relations between the two families ever since they fought over that strip of land acrimonious, bitter, embittered, hard, rancorous, resentful, sore disaffected, discontented, disgruntled, malcontentcontemptuous, cynical, disdainful, misanthropic, scornfulangry, cruel, harsh, irritated, mad, rough, savage, vehement, vicious, virulent, vitriolicacid, caustic, cutting, mordant, sarcastic, trenchantknock-down, drag-out(or knock-down-and-drag-out) unbitter caring, forgiving, gentle, kind, kindhearted, loving, sweet, sympathetic, tender, warm, warmhearted marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelingsPhillipa's acrid comments about the new employee's clothes were met by laughter from everyone at the lunch table acerb, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulous, barbed, biting, caustic, corrosive, cutting, mordant, pungent, sarcastic, sardonic, satiric(or satirical), scalding, scathing, sharp, smart-aleck, smart-alecky, smart-mouthed, snarky, tart brisk, cross, sharp-tongued, sour, sourish, spiky(also spikey), tartishincisive, keen, poignant, trenchantcynical, dry, ironic(also ironical), wryfacetious, flippant, tongue-in-cheekacrimonious, bitter, resentful, vitriolicharsh, rough, severe, stringentabrupt, blunt, brusque(also brusk), concise, crisp, curt, gruff, pithy, snippety, snippy, succinct, tersebackhanded, insincere amusing, droll, merry, playful, sportive, waggishgentle, mildblandgood-humored, good-natureddiplomatic, polite, smooth, suave, urbaneaffable, cordial, genial, gracious, hospitable, sociable caustic, mordant, acrid, scathing mean stingingly incisive.caustic suggests a biting wit.caustic comments mordant suggests a wit that is used with deadly effectiveness.mordant reviews of the play acrid implies bitterness and often malevolence.acrid invective scathing implies indignant attacks delivered with fierce severity.a scathing satire in 1633 |