- sour-tasting
- adjectivehaving a sour acidic taste• Syn: ↑acid-tasting• Similar to: ↑tasty
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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sour — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having a sharp taste like lemon or vinegar. 2) tasting or smelling rancid from fermentation or staleness. 3) resentful, bitter, or angry. ► NOUN ▪ a cocktail made by mixing a spirit with lemon or lime juice. ► VERB ▪ make or become … English terms dictionary
sour — [adj1] bad tasting; gone bad acerb, acetic, acetose, acetous, acid, acidic, acidulated, acrid, astringent, bad, biting, bitter, briny, caustic, curdled, cutting, dry, fermented, green, keen, musty, peppery, piquant, pungent, rancid, salty, sharp … New thesaurus
sour — index aggravate (annoy), bitter (acrid tasting), dyseptic, petulant, severe, spoil (impair), stale … Law dictionary
sour — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sūr; akin to Old High German sūr sour, Lithuanian sūrus salty Date: before 12th century 1. causing or characterized by the one of the four basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by … New Collegiate Dictionary
sour — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 having an acid taste like lemon or vinegar, esp. because of unripeness (sour apples). 2 a (of food, esp. milk or bread) bad because of fermentation. b smelling or tasting rancid or unpleasant. 3 (of a person, temper, etc.)… … Useful english dictionary
sour orange — noun 1. any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock • Syn: ↑Seville orange, ↑bitter orange, ↑bitter orange tree, ↑bigarade, ↑marmalade orange, ↑Citrus aurantium • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
sour gourd — noun 1. Australian tree having an agreeably acid fruit that resembles a gourd • Syn: ↑cream of tartar tree, ↑Adansonia gregorii • Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Adansonia, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
acid-tasting — adjective having a sour acidic taste • Syn: ↑sour tasting • Similar to: ↑tasty … Useful english dictionary
Wine tasting descriptors — The use of wine tasting descriptors allows the taster an opportunity to put into words the aromas and flavors that they experience and can be used in assessing the overall quality of wine. Many wine writers, like Karen MacNeil in her book The… … Wikipedia
sorrel — sorrel1 /sawr euhl, sor /, n. 1. light reddish brown. 2. a horse of this color, often with a light colored mane and tail. adj. 3. of the color sorrel. [1400 50; late ME < OF sorel, equiv. to sor brown ( < Gmc) + el dim. suffix; see ELLE] sorrel2… … Universalium
