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| Main Entry: |
crabby/crabbed
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in a bad mood |
| Synonyms: | acid, acrid, acrimonious, awkward, bad-tempered, blunt, brusque, captious, choleric, churlish, cranky*, cross, crotchety, crusty, cynical, difficult, dour, fretful, gloomy, glum, grouchy, harsh, huffy, ill-humored, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, misanthropic, morose, nasty-tempered, peevish, perverse, petulant, prickly, saturnine, snappish, snappy, sour, splenetic, sulky, sullen, surly, tart, testy, tough, trying, unsociable |
| Antonyms: | happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hot |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spicy to taste |
| Synonyms: | acrid, biting, peppery, piquant, pungent, racy, sharp, spicy, zestful |
| Antonyms: | mild, moderate |
| Main Entry: | ironic/ironical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sarcastic |
| Synonyms: | acrid, alert, arrogant, backbiting, biting, bitter, burlesque, caustic, chaffing, clever, contemptuous, contradictory, critical, cutting, cynical, defiant, derisive, disparaging, double-edged, exaggerated, implausible, incisive, incongruous, jibing, keen, mocking, mordant, paradoxical, pungent, quick-witted, ridiculous, sardonic, satiric, satirical, scathing, scoffing, sharp, sneering, spicy, trenchant, twisted, uncomplimentary, witty, wry |
| Antonyms: | considerate, deferential |
| Main Entry: | poignant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sharp, bitter |
| Synonyms: | acrid, acute, biting, caustic, keen, penetrating, peppery, piercing, piquant, pointed, pungent, racy, sarcastic, severe, snappy, spicy, stinging, tangy, zesty |
| Antonyms: | blah, blunt, dull |
| Main Entry: | pungent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | highly flavored |
| Synonyms: | acid, acrid, aromatic, bitter, effluvious, hot, nosey, odoriferous, peppery, piquant, poignant, racy, rich, salty, seasoned, sharp, snappy, sour, spicy, stinging, stinking, strong, tangy, tart, whiffy, zesty |
| Notes: | having a sharp taste is pungent and having a pleasingly sharp taste is piquant; pungent first meant 'keenly painful or distressing' |
| Antonyms: | blah, bland, dull, flavorless, tasteless |
| Main Entry: | salty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flavored with sodium chloride |
| Synonyms: | acrid, alkaline, brackish, briny, highly flavored, oversalted, pungent, saliferous, saline, salt, salted, saltish, sour |
| Antonyms: | bland, unsalted, unsalty |
| Main Entry: | sharp |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having strong affect on animate senses |
| Synonyms: | acerbic, acid, acrid, active, astringent, austere, bitter, brisk, burning, harsh, hot, lively, odorous, piquant, pungent, sour, strong-smelling, suffocating, tart, vigorous, vinegary |
| Antonyms: | bland, calm, dull, flat, low, mild, moderate, tasteless |
| Main Entry: | sour |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bad-tasting; gone bad |
| Synonyms: | 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, soured, sourish, stinging, tart, turned, unpleasant, unripe, unsavory, unwholesome, vinegary, with a kick |
| Antonyms: | good, pleasant, sweet, tasty |
| Main Entry: | sour |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in a bad mood |
| Synonyms: | acid, acrid, acrimonious, bitter, churlish, crabby, cynical, disagreeable, discontented, displeasing, embittered, grouchy, grudging, ill-natured, ill-tempered, irritable, jaundiced, on edge, peevish, rotten, tart, ungenerous, unhappy, unpleasant, waspish |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, cordial, friendly, happy |
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