Acrid vs Malodorous - What's the difference?
acrid | malodorous |
Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent.
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Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating.
Having a bad odor
(figuratively) Highly improper.
As adjectives the difference between acrid and malodorous
is that acrid is sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent while malodorous is having a bad odor.acrid
English
Adjective
(en-adj)Unspontaneous combustion, passage=Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles.}}
Synonyms
* acerbicAntonyms
*delectable, delicious, tastefulAnagrams
*malodorous
English
Alternative forms
* malodourousAdjective
(en adjective)- There were tons of malodorous garbage bags outside her house.