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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. extreme bitterness;
- Example: "the acridity of alkali"
[syn: acridity, acridness]

2. the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone;
[syn: acridity, acridness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Acridity \A*crid"i*ty\, Acridness \Ac"rid*ness\n. The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness; extreme bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech. Syn: acridness [1913 Webster] 2. having an acrid smell. Syn: pungency [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

acridness n 1: extreme bitterness; "the acridity of alkali" [syn: acridity, acridness] 2: the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone [syn: acridity, acridness]