ETYM Latin acetum vinegar, from acere to be sour.
Sour; of vinegar. acetic acid, acid of vinegar.
Relating to or containing acetic acid.
Acetose; sour; of vinegar.
acetose · sour · vinegarish · vinegary
ETYM Latin acidus sour, from the root ak to be sharp: cf. French acide. Related to Acute.
(Chemistry) Containing acid.
1. Harsh or corrosive in tone
2. Being sour to the taste
3. Having the characteristics of an acid
acerb · acerbic · acidic · acidulent · acidulous · acrid · bitter · blistering · caustic · sour · sulfurous · sulphurous · unpleasant · venomous · virulent · vitriolic
1. Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; SYN. stern.
2. Severely simple; SYN. severe, stark.
3. Strict in moral outlook; extremely simple; without ornamentation; severe; sharp.
abstemious · ascetic · ascetical · nonindulgent · plain · severe · spartan · stark · stern · strict
Perversely irritable; SYN. crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered.
bad-tempered · crabby · cross · fussy · grouchy · grumpy · ill-natured · ill-tempered
1. Having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing
2. Keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point
3. Quick and forceful
4. Very sudden and in great amount or degree
5. Harsh; SYN. sharp-worded, tart.
6. (Music) Raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone
abrupt · acuate · acute · astute · carnassial · chisel-like · crisp · cutting · dagger-like · discriminating · distinct · drill-like · edged · fang-like · file-like · forceful · fulgurating · high · high-pitched · incisive · intense · keen · knifelike · lancinate · lancinating · metal-cutting · needlelike · penetrating · penetrative · perceptive · piercing · pointed · precipitous · razor-sharp · salt · scratching · sharp-toothed · sharp-worded · sharpened · shrewd · shrill · smart · stabbing · steep · sudden · tart · unpleasant
1. Having a sharp biting taste.
2. One of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons.
3. Smelling of fermentation or staleness; SYN. rancid.
FALSE · acerb · acerbic · acetose · acetous · acid · acidic · acidulent · acidulous · astringent · dark · dour · dry · glowering · glum · ill-natured · ill-smelling · inharmonious · lemonlike · lemony · malodorous · malodourous · moody · morose · off · off-key · rancid · saturnine · soured · sourish · stinky · subacid · sullen · tangy · tart · tasty · turned · unharmonious · unpeasant-smelling · vinegarish · vinegary
ETYM as. teart. Related to Tear.
1. Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.
2. (Figurative) Sharp; keen; severe.
Vinegary.
acetose · acetous · ill-natured · sour · vinegary
1. Resembling vinegar; sour
2. Flavored with vinegar
3. Disagreeable, bitter, or irascible in character or manner
acetose · acetous · ill-natured · sour · vinegarish