sourness (redirected from Basic taste)

sour  (sour)

adj. sour·er, sour·est

1. Having a taste characteristic of that produced by acids; sharp, tart, or tangy.

2. Made acid or rancid by fermentation.

3. Having the characteristics of fermentation or rancidity; tasting or smelling of decay.

4.

a. Bad-tempered and morose; peevish: a sour temper.

b. Displeased with something one formerly admired or liked; disenchanted: sour on ballet.

5.

a. Not measuring up to the expected or usual ability or quality; bad.

b. Not having the correct or properly produced pitch: a sour note.

6. Of or relating to excessively acid soil that is damaging to crops.

7. Containing excessive sulfur compounds. Used of gasoline.

n.

1. The sensation of sour taste, one of the four primary tastes.

2. Something sour.

3. A mixed drink made especially with whiskey, lemon or lime juice, sugar, and sometimes soda water.

tr. & intr.v. soured, sour·ing, sours

1. To make or become sour.

2. To make or become disagreeable, disillusioned, or disenchanted.

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[Middle English, from Old English sr.]

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sourish adj.

sourly adv.

sourness n.

Synonyms: sour, acid, acidulous, dry, tart¹
These adjectives mean having a taste like that produced by an acid: sour cider; acid, unripe grapes; an acidulous tomato; dry white wine; tart cherries.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sourness - the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth tartness, sour gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, taste, taste perception, taste sensation - the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus; "the candy left him with a bad taste"; "the melon had a delicious taste" acidulousness, acidity - the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth
	2.	sourness - the property of being acidic         acidity, sour taste property - a property appreciated via the sense of taste acerbity, tartness - a sharp sour taste vinegariness, vinegarishness - a sourness resembling that of vinegar
	3.	sourness - a sullen moody resentful disposition moroseness, sullenness, sulkiness ill nature - a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition

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sourness noun

Related words
fear acerophobia

Translations

sourness [ˈsaʊənɪs] N

1. (lit) [of fruit, wine, soil] → acidez f; [of milk] → sabor m agrio, sabor m a cortado

2. (fig) [of person, expression, mood, tone] → amargura f

sourness

n (of lemon, milk) → saurer Geschmack; (of wine, vinegar also, of smell) → Säuerlichkeit f; (of soil) → saure Beschaffenheit; (fig, of person, expression) → Verdrießlichkeit f, → Griesgrämigkeit f, → Verbitterung f; (of remark) → Bissigkeit f

sourness [ˈsaʊənɪs] n (see adj) → asprezza, acidità, acredine f