acr / acer
sharp, bitter
Latin · acer, acris
Latin acer, acris 'sharp'. Acr- words are about sharpness of taste, smell or speech: acrid smells bite the nose, acerbic remarks bite like acid, acrimony is bitter feeling between people.
Memory trick
ACRid smoke is ACid-sharp: ACR means sharp and bitter.
Words from this root
- acrid (acr + id) — sharp and bitter in smellतीखा, कड़वा
- acridity (acrid + ity) — bitter sharpnessतीखापन
- acridness (acrid + ness) — a biting qualityकड़वाहट
- acrimony (acr + imony) — bitter feeling or wordsकटुता, तीखी नाराज़गी
- acrimonious (acrimony + ous) — bitter in toneकटु, तीखा
- acrimoniousness (acrimonious + ness) — bitterness of toneकटुता
- acerbic (acerb + ic) — sharp and sour in speechतीखा, कटाक्ष भरा
- acerbity (acerb + ity) — harshness of speechकड़वापन, तीखी बोली
- acerbate (acerb + ate) — to make bitterकड़वा करना
- exacerbate (ex + acerb + ate) — to make worseहालत और बिगाड़ना