/ English Dictionary

SOURNESS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sullen moody resentful disposition

Synonyms:

moroseness; sourness; sulkiness; sullenness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("sourness" is a kind of...):

ill nature (a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition)

Derivation:

sour (showing a brooding ill humor)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The property of being acidic

Synonyms:

acidity; sour; sourness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("sourness" is a kind of...):

taste property (a property appreciated via the sense of taste)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sourness"):

acerbity; tartness (a sharp sour taste)

vinegariness; vinegarishness (a sourness resembling that of vinegar)

Derivation:

sour (smelling of fermentation or staleness)

sour (having a sharp biting taste)

sour (in an unpalatable state)

sour (one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth

Synonyms:

sour; sourness; tartness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("sourness" is a kind of...):

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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sourness"):

acidity; acidulousness (the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth)

Derivation:

sour (one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons)

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