different between disagreeable vs acrid

English

Etymology

From Old French desagraable (compare French désagréable). Surface etymology is dis- +? agreeable.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [d?s????i.?b??]

Adjective

disagreeable (comparative more disagreeable, superlative most disagreeable)

1. Causing repugnance; unpleasant to the feelings or senses; displeasing.
2. (archaic) Not suitable; that does not conform or fit.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "disagreeable" is often applied: odor, smell, taste, sensation, thing, person, man, woman, duty, work, feeling, manner, experience, effect, feature, business, surprise, job.

Antonyms

• agreeable

Translations

Noun

disagreeable (plural disagreeables)

1. Something or someone displeasing; anything that is disagreeable.
   • 1855, Blackwood's magazine (volume 77, page 331)

     The disagreeables of travelling are necessary evils, to be encountered for the sake of the agreeables of resting and looking round you.

English

Etymology

From Latin ?cris, from ?cer (“sharp”); probably assimilated in form to acid. Compare eager.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æk.??d/

• Hyphenation: ac?rid

Adjective

acrid (comparative acrider or more acrid, superlative acridest or most acrid)

1. Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste.

   Synonyms: pungent, (archaic) acrimonious

   Antonyms: delectable, delicious, tasteful
2. Causing heat and irritation.

   Synonym: corrosive

3. (figuratively) Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating.

   Synonyms: acerbic, acrimonious

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Translations

Anagrams

• ADRIC, Cardi, Dirac, R acid, Radic, arcid, caird, cardi, carid, daric