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noun
The characteristic of being tart; sharpness of taste.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: sourness, bitterness
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a rough and bitter manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bitterness, acrimony, acerbity, jaundice, thorniness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disagreeableness
noun
a sharp sour taste
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: acerbity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sourness, sour, acidity
noun
the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: sour, sourness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception
Narrower terms: acidity, acidulousness
History
From Middle English *tartnesse, from Old English teartnes (“sharpness, severity, asperity”), equivalent to tart + -ness.
Across languages
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
