sourness
Meanings
Plural: sournesses
Noun
- the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
- the property of being acidic
- a sullen moody resentful disposition
- The condition or quality of being sour.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English sowrenesse, sournesse, from Old English sūrnes (“sourness”), equivalent to sour + -ness.
Synonyms
acerbitude, acerbity, acetosity, acidity, acidness, austereness, austerity, moroseness, sharpness, sour, sourness, sulkiness, sullenness, tartness
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 8
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