Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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acrid

/ˈæk.ɹɪd/ adjective

Forms acrider acridest

  1. adjective Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste.
  2. adjective Causing heat and irritation. “The bombardier beetle sprays acrid secretions to defend itself.”
  3. adjective (figurative) Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating. “That man has an acrid temper.”

Synonyms

pungent acrimonious corrosive acerbic acerb acid bitter blistering caustic sulfurous sulphurous virulent vitriolic

Antonyms

delectable delicious tasteful

Etymology

From Latin ācris, from ācer (“sharp”); probably assimilated in form to acid. Compare eager.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not, to the taste; pungent; as, acrid salts.
  2. adjective Causing heat and irritation; corrosive; as, acrid secretions.

Etymology [L. acer sharp; prob. assimilated in form to acid. See Eager.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “acrid”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “acrid” (best matches first).

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