| Concept: | Sourness. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; taste |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
sourness; acid, acidity; acetous fermentation., vinegar, verjuice, crab, alum; acetic acid, lactic acid.
-verbs
be sour; sour, turn sour; set the teeth on edge., render sour; acidify, acidulate.
-adjectives
sour; acid, acidulous, acidulated; tart, crabbed; acetous, acetose; acerb, acetic; sour as vinegar, sourish, acescent, subacid; styptic, hard, rough.
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Antonyms: |
sweetness |
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| Main Entry: | acerbity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bitterness of taste |
Synonyms: |
acidity, asperity, astringency, mordancy, sourness, tartness |
Antonyms: |
mellowness, mildness, sweetness |
| Main Entry: | acidity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bitterness |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, acridness, astringency, causticity, pungency, sourness, tartness |
| Main Entry: | asperity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | harshness; bad temper |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, acrimony, bitterness, churlishness, crabbiness, crossness, difficulty, disagreeableness, irascibility, irritability, meanness, moroseness, peevishness, roughness, sharpness, sourness, sullenness, tartness |
Antonyms: |
calmness, happiness, kindness, mildness |
| Main Entry: | flavor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | odor and taste |
Synonyms: |
acidity, aroma, astringency, bitterness, essence, extract, gusto, hotness, piquancy, pungency, relish, saltiness, sapidity, sapor, savor, seasoning, smack, sourness, spiciness, sweetness, tang, tartness, twang, vim, wallop, zest, zing |
| Main Entry: | temper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | angriness; bad mood |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, anger, annoyance, bad humor, cantankerousness, crossness, dander, excitability, fit, fretfulness, furor, fury, grouchiness, heat*, hotheadedness, huffiness, ill-humor, impatience, irascibility, ire, irritability, irritation, miff, outburst, passion, peevishness, petulance, pugnacity, rage, resentment, sensitivity, short fuse, slow burn, snit, sourness, stew, sullenness, surliness, tantrum, tartness, tear*, tiff, tizzy, touchiness, wax |
Antonyms: |
happiness |
| Main Entry: | irascibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | temper |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, anger, annoyance, bad humor, cantankerousness, crossness, dander, excitability, fit, fretfulness, furor, fury, grouchiness, heat*, hotheadedness, huffiness, ill-humor, impatience, irascibleness, ire, irritability, irritation, low boiling point, miff, outburst, passion, peevishness, petulance, pugnacity, rage, resentment, sensitivity, short fuse, slow burn, snit, sourness, spleen, stew, sullenness, surliness, tantrum, tartness, tear*, temperament, tetchiness, tiff, tizzy, touchiness, wax |
| Main Entry: | irascibleness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | temper |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, anger, annoyance, bad humor, cantankerousness, crossness, dander, excitability, fit, fretfulness, furor, fury, grouchiness, heat*, hotheadedness, huffiness, ill-humor, impatience, irascibility, ire, irritability, irritation, low boiling point, miff, outburst, passion, peevishness, petulance, pugnacity, rage, resentment, sensitivity, short fuse, slow burn, snit, sourness, spleen, stew, sullenness, surliness, tantrum, tartness, tear*, temperament, tetchiness, tiff, tizzy, touchiness, wax |
| Main Entry: | sapor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flavor |
Synonyms: |
acidity, aroma, astringency, bitterness, essence, extract, gusto, hotness, piquancy, pungency, relish, saltiness, sapidity, savor, seasoning, smack*, sourness, spiciness, sweetness, tang, tartness, taste, twang, vim, wallop, zest, zing |
| Main Entry: | short fuse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | temper |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, anger, annoyance, bad humor, cantankerousness, crossness, dander, excitability, fit, fretfulness, furor, fury, grouchiness, heat*, hotheadedness, huffiness, ill-humor, impatience, irascibility, irascibleness, ire, irritability, irritation, low boiling point, miff, outburst, passion, peevishness, petulance, pugnacity, rage, resentment, sensitivity, slow burn, snit, sourness, spleen, stew, sullenness, surliness, tantrum, tartness, tear*, temperament, tetchiness, tiff, tizzy, touchiness, wax |