Sourish

  • 51vinegarish — Synonyms and related words: acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acescent, bearish, bilious, bitter, cankered, choleric, crab, crabbed, cranky, cross grained, crotchety, dry, dyspeptic, embittered, green, jaundiced, ornery, pickled, pungent, sec, sour, sour …

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  • 52sour — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. acid, tart, bitter; fermented, unpleasant; morose, testy, touchy. See sourness, irascibility, unsavoriness.Ant., sweet, good humored. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Sour in taste] Syn. acid, acidulated …

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  • 53sourness — (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; …

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  • 54Sourness — (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 …

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  • 55pulque —    (PULL kay) [Mexican Spanish] A cloudy, sourish beer made from the fermented juice of the agave or maguey plant; a popular tonic and thirst quencher in Mexico …

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  • 56sour — adjective 1》 having an acid taste like lemon or vinegar. 2》 (of food, especially milk) having gone bad because of fermentation.     ↘having a rancid smell. 3》 showing resentment, disappointment, or anger. 4》 (of soil) deficient in lime. 5》 (of… …

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  • 57acidulous — a. Sourish, somewhat acid, slightly acid, sub acid, somewhat sour …

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  • 58subacid — a. Slightly acid, somewhat acid, some what sour, sourish …

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  • 59acidulous — adj 1. sour, sourish, vinegarish, vinegary, acetous, citric, bitter, tart, harsh; acid, subacid, acerbic, acidulent, acescent, acidulated. 2. astringent, acerb, acerbic, austere, severe, stern, harsh, Obs. asper; acrid, acrimonious, caustic,… …

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  • 60sour — /ˈsaʊə / (say sowuh) adjective 1. having an acid taste, such as that of vinegar, lemon juice, etc.; tart. 2. acidified or affected by fermentation; fermented. 3. characteristic of what is so affected: a sour smell. 4. distasteful or disagreeable; …