All 3 Uses of
acrid
in
Jane Eyre
- Georgiana, who had a spoiled temper, a very acrid spite, a captious and insolent carriage, was universally indulged.†
p. 18.6 *acrid = harsh or caustic
- True, generous feeling is made small account of by some, but here were two natures rendered, the one intolerably acrid, the other despicably savourless for the want of it.†
p. 272.9
- Mr. Rochester then turned to the spectators: he looked at them with a smile both acrid and desolate.†
p. 339.2
Definition:
harsh or caustic -- physically as when smoke from burning rubber might irritate the throat; or figuratively as when someone says something that is especially sarcastic