adj
(rare) Embittered; having a sour disposition or nature.
adj
(figuratively) Sharp, harsh, biting.
adj
(archaic) acerbic; bitter; harsh
n
(archaic) Sourness and harshness; acerbity.
n
The quality of being acescent; the process of acetous fermentation; a moderate degree of sourness.
n
The quality of being acetous; sourness.
adj
(figuratively) Sour-tempered.
n
Sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste.
adj
Slightly sour; sub-acid; sourish.
n
A state of or tendency toward being acidulous or somewhat sour or acid.
adj
(figuratively) Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating.
adj
(archaic) Harsh and sharp, or bitter and not pleasant to the taste; acrid, pungent.
n
acridity; pungency combined with heat.
n
Alternative form of astringent [A substance which draws tissue together, thus restricting the flow of blood.]
n
Alternative form of astringency [An astringent taste.]
adj
Causing a dry or puckering mouthfeel; characteristic of foods with high tannin content, such as certain kinds of berries and citrus fruits.
n
The quality of being auriferous.
n
harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity.
n
(obsolete) Sourness and harshness to the taste.
adj
Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
n
The quality of being bruised.
n
(obsolete) A broken or bruised condition; brokenness; in the extract, a mass of bruises.
n
(pathology) An experience of a bad taste not due to ingested material
adj
Causing canker; ulcerating.
n
A caustic attitude or utterance.
n
The quality of being physically caustic; burning, corrosive.
n
Some property characteristic of a corrosive substance, as its taste.
n
The quality of being moderately damp or moist.
n
The removal or loss of astringency (of some fruit)
n
The quality of being fragrant; fragrance.
adv
In a fumarolic way or manner
n
The quality of being glaucescent.
n
The quality of being glutinous or viscous.
n
The quality of being glutinous.
n
(archaic) The lack of odor.
adv
In an odiferous manner.
n
The quality of being odiferous.
adv
In an odoriferous manner.
n
The quality of being odorous.
adv
With excessive sweetness.
adj
Having a sharp or offensive taste.
adj
Obsolete form of powdery. [Of or pertaining to powder.]
n
The quality of being saline.
n
The property of being, or tasting, salty.
n
The property of being sapid; tastiness.
adj
Causing sepsis or putrefaction.
n
(of food etc) pungency or acidity.
n
The quality of having become sour.
n
The quality of being subacid.
n
The quality of being sulfurous.
n
The quality of being sulphurous.
adj
Full of sulphur, sulphurous.
n
The quality of being sunburnt.
n
(figuratively) A rough or violent event.
n
The characteristic of being tart; sharpness of taste
adj
(figuratively) acerbic, bitter
adj
(figuratively) Acerbic, bitter.
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