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| Main Entry: | acrid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bitter, sour to taste |
| Synonyms: | acid, astringent, biting, burning, caustic, harsh, irritating, pungent, sharp, stinging, amaroidal |
| Antonyms: | delicious, savory, sweet |
| Main Entry: | acrid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nasty in behavior or words |
| Synonyms: | acrimonious, austere, biting, bitter, caustic, cutting, harsh, mordant, sarcastic, sharp, trenchant, vitriolic |
| Antonyms: | complimentary, kind, nice |
| Main Entry: | acerbic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bitter, sharp, or sour |
| Synonyms: | acidic, acrid, astringent, caustic, harsh, sharp, tart |
| Main Entry: | alkaline |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | being basic, not acid (chemically) |
| Synonyms: | acrid, alkali, bitter, caustic, salty, soluble, alkalescent, antacid, neutralizing |
| Main Entry: | astringent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | harsh |
| Synonyms: | acetic, acrid, biting, bitter, cutting, sharp, tonic |
| Antonyms: | bland, mild |
| Main Entry: | corrosive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | consuming, wearing; bitter |
| Synonyms: | acerbic, acrid, biting, caustic, cutting, destructive, incisive, sarcastic, trenchant, venomous, virulent, acerb, corroding, erosive, strongly acid, wasting |
| Antonyms: | supporting, contributing, fortifying |
| Main Entry: | crabby/crabbed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in a bad mood |
| Synonyms: | acid, acrid, acrimonious, awkward, bad-tempered, blunt, brusque, captious, choleric, churlish, cranky*, cross, crotchety, crusty*, cynical, difficult, dour, fretful, gloomy, glum, grouchy*, harsh, huffy, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, misanthropic, morose, peevish, perverse, petulant, prickly, saturnine, snappish, snappy, sour, sulky, sullen, surly, tart, testy, tough, trying, unsociable, ill-humored, nasty-tempered, splenetic |
| Antonyms: | happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ironic/ironical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sarcastic |
| Synonyms: | acrid, alert, arrogant, backbiting, biting, bitter, burlesque, caustic, clever, contemptuous, contradictory, critical, cutting, cynical, defiant, derisive, disparaging, exaggerated, implausible, incisive, incongruous, keen, mocking, mordant, pungent, quick-witted, ridiculous, sardonic, satirical, scathing, sharp, sneering, spicy, trenchant, twisted, witty, wry, chaffing, double-edged, jibing, paradoxical, satiric, scoffing, uncomplimentary |
| Antonyms: | considerate, deferential |
| Main Entry: | crabby |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irritable |
| Synonyms: | acid, acrid, acrimonious, awkward, bad-tempered, blunt, brusque, captious, choleric, churlish, cranky, cross, crotchety, crusty, cynical, difficult, dour, fretful, gloomy, glum, grouchy, harsh, huffy, ill-tempered, irascible, misanthropic, morose, peevish, perverse, petulant, prickly, saturnine, snappish, sour, sulky, sullen, surly, tart, testy, tough, trying, unsociable, chuffy, crabbed, ill-humored, mumpish, nasty-tempered, splenetic |
| Antonyms: | amiable, good-humored, good-natured, happy, pleasant, sweet |
| Main Entry: | ironic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sarcastic |
| Synonyms: | acrid, alert, arrogant, backbiting, biting, bitter, burlesque, caustic, clever, contemptuous, contradictory, critical, cutting, cynical, defiant, derisive, disparaging, exaggerated, implausible, incisive, incongruous, keen, mocking, mordant, pungent, quick-witted, ridiculous, sardonic, satirical, scathing, sharp, sneering, spicy, trenchant, twisted, unexpected, witty, wry, chaffing, double-edged, ironical, jibing, paradoxical, satiric, scoffing, uncomplimentary |
| Antonyms: | sincere |
| Main Entry: | bitter |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pungent, sharp |
| Synonyms: | acerbic, acid, acrid, astringent, harsh, sour, tart, absinthal, absinthian, acerb, amaroidal, unsweetened, vinegary |
| Antonyms: | bland, mild, pleasant, sweet |
| Main Entry: | caustic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | burning, corrosive |
| Synonyms: | abrasive, acerbic, acid, acrid, alkaline, astringent, biting, keen, mordant, pungent, tart, corroding, erosive |
| Antonyms: | calm, mild, soothing |
| Main Entry: | harsh |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rough, crude (to the senses) |
| Synonyms: | acrid, astringent, bitter, bleak, cacophonous, clashing, coarse, cracked, craggy, disagreeing, discordant, dissonant, disturbing, earsplitting, flat, glaring, grating, grim, guttural, hard, hoarse, incompatible, jagged, jarring, noisy, off-key*, rasping, raucous, rigid, rugged, rusty, severe, sharp, sour, strident, uneven, unrelenting, asperous, caterwauling, creaking, croaking, jangling, not smooth, out-of-key, out-of-tune, screeching, stridulous, tuneless, unlevel, unmelodious, unmusical |
| Antonyms: | easy, gentle, mild, peaceful, pleasing, smooth, soft |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pungent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | highly flavored |
| Synonyms: | acid, acrid, aromatic, bitter, hot, peppery, piquant, poignant, racy, rich, salty, seasoned, sharp, snappy, sour, spicy, stinging, stinking*, strong, tangy, tart, effluvious, nosey*, odoriferous, whiffy, zesty |
| Notes: | having a sharp taste is pungent and having a pleasingly sharp taste is piquant; pungent first meant 'keenly painful or distressing' |
| Antonyms: | blah, bland, dull, flavorless, tasteless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | salty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flavored with sodium chloride |
| Synonyms: | acrid, alkaline, brackish, briny, pungent, saline, salt, sour, highly flavored, oversalted, saliferous, salted, saltish |
| Antonyms: | bland, unsalted, unsalty |
| Main Entry: | sour |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bad-tasting; gone bad |
| Synonyms: | acetic, acid, acidic, acrid, astringent, bad, biting, bitter, briny, caustic, cutting, dry, green, keen, musty, peppery, piquant, pungent, rancid, salty, sharp, stinging, tart, unpleasant, unripe, unsavory, unwholesome, acerb, acetose, acetous, acidulated, curdled, fermented, soured, sourish, turned, vinegary, with a kick |
| Antonyms: | good, pleasant, sweet, tasty |
| Main Entry: | acid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having acidic, corrosive properties |
| Synonyms: | acerbic, acidulous, acrid, biting, anti-alkaline, bleaching, corroding, disintegrative, dissolvent, eating away, eroding, erosive, oxidizing, rusting |
| Antonyms: | basic |
| Main Entry: | hot |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spicy to taste |
| Synonyms: | acrid, biting, peppery, piquant, pungent, racy, sharp, spicy, zestful |
| Antonyms: | mild, moderate |
| Main Entry: | poignant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sharp, bitter |
| Synonyms: | acrid, acute, biting, caustic, keen, penetrating, peppery, piercing, piquant, pointed, pungent, racy, sarcastic, severe, snappy, spicy, stinging, tangy, zesty |
| Antonyms: | blah, blunt, dull |
| Main Entry: | sour |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in a bad mood |
| Synonyms: | acid, acrid, acrimonious, bitter, churlish, crabby, cynical, disagreeable, discontented, embittered, grouchy, ill-natured, ill-tempered, irritable, jaundiced, on edge*, peevish, rotten, tart, ungenerous, unhappy, unpleasant, waspish, displeasing, grudging |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, cordial, friendly, happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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