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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bitter, sour in taste |
| Synonyms: | acerbic, acidulous, biting, piquant, pungent, sharp, tart, vinegarish, vinegary |
| Antonyms: | bland, sweet |
| Main Entry: | cantankerous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult, crabby |
| Synonyms: | bad-tempered, bearish, captious, choleric, contrary, cranky, critical, cross, crotchety, crusty, disagreeable, dour, grouchy, grumpy*, huffy, ill-humored, ill-natured, irascible, irritable, morose, obstinate, ornery*, peevish, perverse, petulant, prickly, quarrelsome, snappish, sour, stuffy, testy, vinegarish, vinegary |
| Antonyms: | easy, good-natured, happy, nice, pleasant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cranky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in bad mood |
| Synonyms: | bad-humored, bearish, cantankerous, choleric, crabby, cross, crotchety, cussed, disagreeable, got up on wrong side of bed, grouchy, grumpy, hot-tempered, ill-humored, irascible, irritable, like a bear, mean, ornery*, out of sorts, perverse, quick-tempered, ratty, snappish, tetchy, ugly, vinegary |
| Antonyms: | amiable, cheerful, happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crotchety |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irritable, often due to old age |
| Synonyms: | awkward, bad-tempered, bearish, cantankerous, contrary, crabby, cranky, cross, cross-grained, crusty, curmudgeonly, difficult, disagreeable, eccentric, fractious, grouchy, grumpy, irritable, obstinate, obstreperous, odd, ornery*, peevish, queer, surly, testy, unusual, vinegary, waspish, waspy |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, happy, pleasant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crusty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irritable, often due to old age |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, bluff, blunt, brief, brusque, cantankerous, captious, choleric, crabbed, crabby, cranky, cross, curt, dour, gruff, harsh, ill-humored, irascible, peevish, prickly, sarcastic, saturnine, scornful, short, short-tempered, snappish, snarling, snippety, snippy, splenetic, surly, testy, touchy, vinegary |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, happy, nice, pleasant |
| 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: | tangy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sharp, spicy |
| Synonyms: | appetizing, aromatic, biting, bitter, fiery, flavorful, flavorsome, harsh, highly seasoned, hot, peppery, piquant, pungent, salty, seasoned, sweet, tart, tasty, vinegary, zesty, zippy |
| Main Entry: | tart |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bitter, sour in taste or effect |
| Synonyms: | acerb, acerbic, acetose, acid, acidulous, acrimonious, astringent, barbed, biting, caustic, cutting, dry, harsh, nasty, piquant, pungent, scathing, sharp, short, snappish, snappy, snippy, tangy, testy, trenchant, vinegary, wounding |
| Antonyms: | sweet |
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