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sourness

noun

1 sourness

The taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth.

synonyms: sour, tartness.

Roget 392b: bitterness, acridness†, acridity, acrimony; caustic, alkali; acerbity; gall, wormwood; bitters, astringent bitters.    Angostura [additive for alcoholic beverages], aromatic bitters.    ... show more

is a specific kind of: gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, taste, taste perception, taste sensation.

is a broader term that covers: acidity, acidulousness.

derivation: acetify, acidify, acidulate, sour | sour.

Polish: cierpkość

2 sourness

The property of being acidic.

synonyms: acidity, sour.

Roget 397: sourness etc. adj.; acid, acidity, low pH; acetous fermentation, lactic fermentation.    vinegar, verjuice†, crab, alum; acetic acid, lactic acid.    ... show more

is a specific kind of: taste property.

is a broader term that covers: acerbity, tartness | vinegariness, vinegarishness.

derivation: acetify, acidify, acidulate, sour | acid | rancid, sour | sour | off, sour, turned | sour.

Polish: kwaśność

3 sourness

A sullen moody resentful disposition.

synonyms: moroseness, sulkiness, sullenness.

is a specific kind of: ill nature.

derivation: dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen | huffish, sulky.

Polish: ponuractwo

Moby thesaurus: Faustianism, acerbity, acidity, acidulousness, acridity, acridness, acrimony, anger, animosity, animus, asperity, astringence, astringency, atonalism, atonality, bad blood, bad humor, bad temper, bile, biliousness ... show more.

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