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sourness

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a sullen moody resentful disposition
  2. [n]  the property of being acidic
  3. [n]  the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
 
 Synonyms: acidity, moroseness, sour, sour, sulkiness, sullenness, tartness
 
 See Also: acerbity, acidity, acidulousness, gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, ill nature, tartness, taste, taste perception, taste property, taste sensation, vinegariness, vinegarishness

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sour"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being sour.

 

 

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