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Discover LudwigThe phrase "acrid flavour" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a strong, sharp, and unpleasant taste, often associated with certain foods or substances.
Example: "The acrid flavour of the burnt toast lingered in the air, making it difficult to enjoy breakfast."
Alternatives: "bitter taste" or "sharp flavor".
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The songs still have, as Pauline Kael wrote of them in 1972, 'a distinctive, acrid flavour - a taste of death on the tongue'.
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Would I be able to catch anything of the flavour of postwar Los Angeles, the accents, the atmosphere, the acrid feel of a time and place so specific to the Marlowe books?
An acrid smell still filled the air.
The breeze carried an acrid smell, like gasoline fumes.
A strange, acrid smell crept in the air.
The acrid smell of gun smoke filled the air.
Everywhere, the acrid smell of bodies hangs in the air.
Also, it has a very strong, acrid smell.
They are made primarily from barley that is malted and then heated over a peat fire, the oily, acrid smoke of which flavours the malt.
Someone comments on the smell: acrid, heavy.
The smell of acrid smoke marks the raid's completion.
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