Synonyms: sour, sourness, acidity
Definition: the property of being acidic
Similar words: taste property
Definition: a property appreciated via the sense of taste
Synonyms: tartness, sour, sourness
Definition: the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
Similar words: taste, taste perception, taste sensation, gustatory perception, gustatory sensation
Definition: the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
Usage: the candy left him with a bad taste; the melon had a delicious taste
Synonyms: sour
Definition: a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar
Similar words: cocktail
Definition: a short mixed drink
Synonyms: ferment, work, sour, turn
Definition: go sour or spoil
Usage: The milk has soured; The wine worked; The cream has turned--we have to throw it out
Similar words: turn, change state
Definition: undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
Usage: We turned from Socialism to Capitalism; The people turned against the President when he stole the election
Synonyms: acetify, acidify, acidulate, sour
Definition: make sour or more sour
Similar words: change taste
Definition: alter the flavor of
Definition: smelling of fermentation or staleness
Similar words: unpleasant-smelling, stinky, ill-smelling, malodorous, malodourous
Definition: having an unpleasant smell
Synonyms: dark, dour, glowering, glum, saturnine, sour, sullen, moody, morose
Definition: showing a brooding ill humor
Usage: a dark scowl; the proverbially dour New England Puritan; a glum, hopeless shrug; he sat in moody silence; a morose and unsociable manner; a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius- Bruce Bliven; a sour temper; a sullen crowd
Similar words: ill-natured
Definition: having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
Synonyms: off-key, false, sour
Definition: inaccurate in pitch
Usage: a false (or sour) note; her singing was off key
Similar words: unharmonious, inharmonious
Definition: not in harmony
Synonyms: sour
Definition: having a sharp biting taste
Similar words: acerb, acerbic, astringent
Definition: sour or bitter in taste
Similar words: acetose, acetous, vinegarish, vinegary
Definition: tasting or smelling like vinegar
Similar words: acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulous
Definition: being sour to the taste
Similar words: sourish, lemonlike, lemony, tangy, tart
Definition: tasting sour like a lemon
Similar words: subacid
Definition: slightly sour to the taste
Definition: in an unpalatable state
Usage: sour milk
Similar words: soured
Definition: having turned bad
Synonyms: sour
Definition: one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons