acrid

adj

1.(all usu. of taste or smell) bitter, biting, pungent; acid, tart, harsh, sour, subacid, acetous, vinegarish, vinegary; acerb, acerbic, acidulous, acidulent, acescent, acidulated; stinging, burning, smarting, irritating; disagreeable, unpleasant, nasty, unlikable; distasteful, unappetizing, unpalatable, unsavory.

2. caustic, mordant, acrimonious, bitter, acrid, acidulous, acid, pungent; trenchant, cutting, incisive, slashing, scathing; penetrating, piercing, stinging, pricking, nipping, biting; astringent, severe, stern, austere, stringent; harsh, keen, pointed, sharp, sharp-tongued.

3. sarcastic, satirical, ironic, ironical, cynical; double-edged, edged; contemptuous, contumelious, taunting, teasing; scornful, mocking, derisive, derisory, sardonic.

4. hostile, resentful, indignant, piqued, angry; peevish, petulant, crabbed, testy, splenetic, touchy, waspish, irascible, edgy; spiteful, virulent, malicious, venomous, vitriolic, vicious; antagonistic, rancorous, ill-disposed, malevolent, malign; ill-tempered, ill-humored, ill-natured, short-tempered; morose, surly, sullen, sour, moody; adverse, opposing, aggressive, belligerent, bellicose.