Noun: acridity u'kri-di-tee
- Having an acrid smell
"The acridity of the burning rubber filled the air"
- The quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone
"The acridity of her response surprised everyone";
- acridness
- Extreme bitterness
"the acridity of alkali";
- acridness
Derived forms: acridities
Type of: bitter, bitterness, disagreeableness, odor [US], odour [Brit, Cdn], olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, smell