taste acrid or sour
1sour — sour, acid, acidulous, tart, dry mean having a taste devoid of sweetness. All but dry suggest the taste of lemons, vinegar, or of most unripe fruits. Sour and acid are often interchangeable, but sour is more likely to be chosen to describe… …
2acrid — [adj1] bitter, sour to taste acid, amaroidal, astringent, biting, burning, caustic, harsh, irritating, pungent, sharp, stinging; concept 613 Ant. delicious, savory, sweet acrid [adj2] nasty in behavior or words acrimonious, austere, biting,… …
3sour — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. acid, tart, bitter; fermented, unpleasant; morose, testy, touchy. See sourness, irascibility, unsavoriness.Ant., sweet, good humored. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Sour in taste] Syn. acid, acidulated …
4acrid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. pungent, biting, acid; corrosive, caustic. See sourness, pungency. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Harsh in taste or smell] Syn. bitter, sharp, stinging, irritating; see sour 1 . 2. [Caustic] Syn.… …
5sour — Synonyms and related words: abrupt, absonant, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acerbity, acescency, acescent, acetify, acid, acidic, acidify, acidity, acidulant, acidulate, acidulated, acidulent, acidulous, acidulousness, acrid, acrimonious, aftertaste …
6acrid — adj 1.(all usu. of taste or smell) bitter, biting, pungent; acid, tart, harsh, sour, subacid, acetous, vinegarish, vinegary; acerb, acerbic, acidulous, acidulent, acescent, acidulated; stinging, burning, smarting, irritating; disagreeable,… …
7acrid — acridity /euh krid i tee/, acridness, n. acridly, adv. /ak rid/, adj. 1. sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.: acrid smoke from burning rubber. 2. extremely or sharply stinging or bitter;… …
8acrid — adjective the fruit s acrid taste was a bad surprise Syn: pungent, bitter, sharp, sour, tart, caustic, harsh, irritating, acid, acidic, vinegary, acetic, acetous; stinging, burning …
9acrid — ac•rid [[t]ˈæk rɪd[/t]] adj. 1) harshly or bitterly pungent in taste or smell; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc 2) sharply stinging or bitter; caustic: acrid remarks[/ex] • Etymology: 1705–15; < L ācr (s. of ācer) sharp, sour a•crid•i•ty… …
10bitter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. stinging, cutting; spiteful; rigorous; acrid, unpalatable. See malevolence, resentment, pungency, cold. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Acrid] Syn. astringent, acid, tart, sharp; see sour 1 . 2.… …