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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)
