SOURNESS Synonyms
7 hypernyms for sourness. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for SOURNESS
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| acidity | noun n | |||||
noun • the property of being acidic • the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth • pH values below 7 | ||||||
| tartness | noun n | |||||
noun • the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth • a sharp sour taste • a rough and bitter manner | ||||||
| bitterness | noun n | |||||
noun • a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will • a rough and bitter manner • the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth • the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste | ||||||
| pungency | noun n | |||||
noun • wit having a sharp and caustic quality • a strong odor or taste property | ||||||
| sharpness | noun n | |||||
noun • a quick and penetrating intelligence • the attribute of urgency in tone of voice • a strong odor or taste property • the quality of being keenly and painfully felt • thinness of edge or fineness of point • the quality of being sharp and clear • harshness of manner | ||||||
| tang | noun n | |||||
noun • a tart spicy quality • the imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907 • the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth • a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure • brown algae seaweed with serrated edges • any of various coarse seaweeds • any of various kelps especially of the genus Laminaria | ||||||
| sour | verb, adjective v, adj | |||||
adjective • having a sharp biting taste noun • a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar • the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth • the property of being acidic adjective satellite • smelling of fermentation or staleness • one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons • in an unpalatable state • inaccurate in pitch • showing a brooding ill humor verb • go sour or spoil • make sour or more sour | ||||||
| moroseness | noun n | |||||
noun • a gloomy ill-tempered feeling • a sullen moody resentful disposition | ||||||
| sulkiness | noun n | |||||
noun • a mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal • a feeling of sulky resentment • a sullen moody resentful disposition | ||||||
| sullenness | noun n | |||||
noun • a gloomy ill-tempered feeling • a sullen moody resentful disposition | ||||||