- sourness
- noun see sour I
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
sourness
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Sourness — Sour ness, n. The quality or state of being sour. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sourness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Sourness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 sourness sourness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 acid acid acidity Sgm: N 1 acetous fermentation acetous fermentation GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 vinegar vinegar verjuice … English dictionary for students
sourness — noun The quality or condition of being sour, usually said of human personalities. 1811 Mrs. Ferrars was a little, thin woman, upright, even to formality, in her figure, and serious, even to sourness , in her aspect. Jane Austen, Sense and… … Wiktionary
sourness — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Acid taste Nouns 1. sourness, acid[ity], acerbity, acridity, astringency, tartness, rancidness, unsavoriness. See taste, pungency, discord. 2. (sour substance) vinegar, acetum, verjuice, acetic acid, alum; … English dictionary for students
sourness — sour ► ADJECTIVE 1) having a sharp taste like lemon or vinegar. 2) tasting or smelling rancid from fermentation or staleness. 3) resentful, bitter, or angry. ► NOUN ▪ a cocktail made by mixing a spirit with lemon or lime juice. ► VERB ▪ make or… … English terms dictionary
sourness — See sourish. * * * … Universalium
sourness — Synonyms and related words: Faustianism, acerbity, acidity, acidulousness, acridity, acridness, acrimony, anger, animosity, animus, asperity, astringence, astringency, atonalism, atonality, bad blood, bad humor, bad temper, bile, biliousness,… … Moby Thesaurus
sourness — sour·ness || saÊŠÉ™rnɪs n. acidity, sour flavor; bitterness, disillusionment, resentment … English contemporary dictionary
sourness — n. 1. Acidity, tartness, sharpness. 2. Acrimony, asperity, moroseness, harshness, crabbedness, churlishness, peevishness, discontent, crossness … New dictionary of synonyms
sourness — sour·ness … English syllables
