Just looking at a lemon makes one feel the sourness in one's mouth.
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Sourness
Synonyms for "sourness" (118 found)
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acerbityacidityacidulousnessacridityacridnessacrimonyangeranimosityanimusasperityastringenceastringencyatonalismatonalitybad bloodbad humorbad temperbilebiliousnessbitingness
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bitter feeling
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bitter pillbitternesscacophonycausticitycholerclinkercold comfortcorrosivenesscuttingnessdiaphonydisappointmentdiscontentdiscontentednessdiscontentmentdiscorddiscordancediscordancydisgruntlementdisharmonydissatisfaction
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dissatisfiednessdissonancedissonancydissonant chorddivine discontentdrynessedgeenvyfaustianismfeudflatnessgall
Noun(3 words)
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gall and wormwoodgreennesshard feelingsharshnessill bloodill feelingill humorill natureill temperill willill-humorill-natureill-willinharmoniousnessinharmonykeennessmordancyoff notepeevishnesspetulance
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piquancypoignancypungencyquerulousnessrancorrebelliousnessresentmentrestivenessrestlessnessroughnessseveritysharpnesssorenesssour notespleenstridorsulkinesstartnesstrenchancytunelessnessuneasinessunfulfillmentunhappinessunharmoniousnessunmusicalityunpleasureunsatisfactionuntunefulnessvendettavenomvexation of spiritvirulencevitriolwolf
Noun(5 words)
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7 entriesCollocations
6 entriesdegree of sournessperceived sournesssensory sournesssourness intensitysourness levelsourness perception
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The proportion of sugar used for making cherry pie will, of course, need to be varied according to the sourness of the cherries used.
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[O]ur Tympanouſe ſtatiſts / (In their affected grauitie of voice, / Sovverneſſe of countenance, maners crueltie, / Authoritie, vvealth, and all the ſpavvne of Fortune) / Thinke they beare all the kingdomes vvorth before them; […]
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Mrs. Ferrars was a little, thin woman, upright, even to formality, in her figure, and serious, even to sourness, in her aspect.
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