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sourness
noun as in acerbity
Strong matches
Weak match
noun as in acidity
Strong matches
Weak match
noun as in asperity
noun as in flavor
noun as in irascibility
Strong matches
noun as in irascibleness
Weak matches
- acerbity
- anger
- annoyance
- bad humor
- cantankerousness
- crossness
- dander
- excitability
- fit
- fretfulness
- furor
- fury
- grouchiness
- heat
- hotheadedness
- huffiness
- ill humor
- impatience
- irascibility
- ire
- irritability
- irritation
- low boiling point
- miff
- outburst
- passion
- peevishness
- petulance
- pugnacity
- rage
- resentment
- sensitivity
- short fuse
- slow burn
- snit
- spleen
- stew
- sullenness
- surliness
- tantrum
- tartness
- tear
- temperament
- tetchiness
- tiff
- touchiness
- wax
noun as in sapor
noun as in short fuse
Weak matches
- acerbity
- anger
- annoyance
- bad humor
- cantankerousness
- crossness
- dander
- excitability
- fit
- fretfulness
- furor
- fury
- grouchiness
- heat
- hotheadedness
- huffiness
- ill humor
- impatience
- irascibility
- irascibleness
- ire
- irritability
- irritation
- low boiling point
- miff
- outburst
- passion
- peevishness
- petulance
- pugnacity
- rage
- resentment
- sensitivity
- slow burn
- snit
- spleen
- stew
- sullenness
- surliness
- tantrum
- tartness
- tear
- temperament
- tetchiness
- tiff
- touchiness
- wax
noun as in temper
Strong matches
noun as in tetchiness
Strong matches
Example Sentences
I long for the type of sourness that blurs the line between pleasure and pain.
Our sourness on living to work predates COVID, but remote work accelerated our rejection of pouring our souls into our jobs since, for more than a year, there was no divide between work and home.
That this sourness tinges the latest “Joe Schmo Show” may be unavoidable.
The flavor profiles of how I cook, the intense sourness, the incredible herbiness are all really influenced by my background.
Similarly, a compound called benzoic acid naturally found in cranberries adds to the fruit's sourness.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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