sourness
Plural: sournesses
Noun
- The quality or state of being sour; acidity or bitterness.
- the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
- the property of being acidic
- a sullen moody resentful disposition
- The condition or quality of being sour.
Examples
- The SOURNESS of his loss lingered, despite the friendly nature of the Words With Friends game.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English sowrenesse, sournesse, from Old English sūrnes (“sourness”), equivalent to sour + -ness.
Synonyms
acidity, moroseness, sour, sulkiness, sullenness, tartness, acerbitude, acerbity, acetosity, acidness, austereness, austerity, sharpness, sourness
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 8
sourness: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsourness: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sourness: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary