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101acid — n 1. acrimony, acrimoniousness, acerbity, causticity, mordancy; astringency, trenchancy, virulence, virulency, asperity, venomousness, venomness. adj 2.(all usu. of taste) sour, vinegarish, vinegary, acetous, bitter, tart, harsh; acerb, acerbic,… …
102acidulous — adj 1. sour, sourish, vinegarish, vinegary, acetous, citric, bitter, tart, harsh; acid, subacid, acerbic, acidulent, acescent, acidulated. 2. astringent, acerb, acerbic, austere, severe, stern, harsh, Obs. asper; acrid, acrimonious, caustic,… …
103acrid — 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,… …
104bitter — adj 1.(all usu. of taste) acrid, biting, pungent; acid, tart, harsh, sour, subacid, acetous, vinegar ish, vinegary; unsweet, unsweetened; acerb, acerbic, acidulous, acidulent, acescent, acidulated; distasteful, unappetizing, unpalatable,… …
105puckery — adj 1. gathered, shirred, pleated, rucked, ruffled, drawn together; compressed, shrunken, withered, contracted, furrowed; squeezed, tightened, knitted, crinkled, corrugated; shriveled, wrinkled, creased, mussed, rumpled, messed up. 2. astringent …
106pungent — adj 1.(all usu. of taste or smell) bitter, biting, acrid; acid, tart, harsh, sour, subacid, acetous, vinegarish, vinegary; acerb, acerbic, acidulous, acidulent, acescent, acidulated; stinging, burning, smarting, irritating. 2.(all usu. of taste… …
107sour — adj 1. acid, tart, subacid, acetous, vinegar ish, vinegary; acerb, acerbic, acidulous, acidulent, acescent, acidulated; fermented, turned, bad, spoiled, rancid, curdled, clabbered. 2. unpleasant, bitter, nasty, disagreeable, unlikable,… …
108stern — I adj 1. strict, demanding, exacting, stringent, critical, unsparing, unremitting, rigid, harsh, severe, rigorous, hard; firm, steadfast, determined, resolute, resolved; uncompromising, adamant, relentless, unrelenting, inflexible, immovable,… …
109strong — adj 1. mighty, powerful, strong as a bull or horse or moose or lion, Herculean, Atlantean, Sl. packing a punch or wallop, Archaic. potential; muscular, sinewy, wiry, brawny, strapping, well built, athletic, musclebound; sturdy as an ox, burly,… …
110tart — I adj 1. sharp, sour, acid, acerb, acerbic; acidulous, acescent, acetous, vinegary; acrid, bitter, pungent, harsh, piquant, unripe. 2. caustic, cutting, mordant, biting, acrimonious; trenchant, incisive, piercing, pricking, scathing, burning,… …
