acrid

sounds like ACID....all acids are bitterly pungent and corrosive

remove "r" from acrid, so now it becomes acid and acid is always bitter in taste and when smelt its pungent too

Remove ac, it becomes rid,,so to remove something or cut ,, we need a sharp thing to cut..

remove r i.e. acid, his tone was as harsh(acrid) as acid.

Acrid sounds like Ack! Rid! > After not liking the sharp, harsh taste,he threw his food away.

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Acrid ... A+Crid ... A+Creed .. smething like "Creed", american rock band. It has high pitch or harsh vocals.. so , remember smething harsh.

Acrid -(cried) imagine that you are crying because you got harsh punishment