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tartness

noun

1. a sharp sour taste

• Syn: ↑acerbity

• Derivationally related forms: ↑tart, ↑acerbic (for: ↑acerbity), ↑acerbate (for: ↑acerbity)

• Hypernyms: ↑sourness, ↑sour, ↑acidity

2. a rough and bitter manner

• Syn: ↑bitterness, ↑acrimony, ↑acerbity, ↑jaundice, ↑thorniness

• Derivationally related forms: ↑tart, ↑jaundice (for: ↑jaundice), ↑acerbic (for: ↑acerbity), ↑acerbate (for: ↑acerbity), ↑acrimonious (for: ↑acrimony), ↑bitter (for: ↑bitterness)

• Hypernyms: ↑disagreeableness

3. the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth

• Syn: ↑sour, ↑sourness

• Derivationally related forms: ↑sour, ↑sour (for: ↑sourness), ↑sour (for: ↑sour)

• Hypernyms: ↑taste, ↑taste sensation, ↑gustatory sensation, ↑taste perception, ↑gustatory perception

• Hyponyms: ↑acidity, ↑acidulousness

Useful english dictionary. 2012.