acerbity
- noun
- /əˈsɜːrbɪti/
:
acidez
- The acerbity of the unripe lemons made them difficult to eat without sugar.
Examples
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To balance the dish's acerbity, the chef added honey for sweetness.
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She couldn't tolerate the acerbity of the marinade, which made the dish too bitter for her taste.
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The scene closing on these charmers, and the lower slide ascending, revealed oranges, attended by a mighty, japanned sugar box, to temper their acerbity if unripe.
Academic text (1997)
Synonyms
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2.6
A sharp unpleasant taste found in foods like black coffee
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1.0
A sharp taste you feel in the mouth, like lemon
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3.4
A sour, sharp taste like in lemon or vinegar
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3.7
A sharp, sour taste often in fruits
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1.2
A sharp, acidic taste like lemon or vinegar
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4.2
A sharp, pleasantly sour taste like lemon, often with a little spice
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8.4
A sharp taste that makes your mouth pucker and feel dry
A strong, bitter smell or taste that burns the nose
A strong sharp taste or smell that feels unpleasant
A slight sour taste in food or drink
A sharp, slightly sour taste that feels fresh in the mouth
A sharp sour taste like vinegar
A sharp sour taste like vinegar
Antonyms
How Sour
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word acerbity comes from the Latin acerbus, meaning 'bitter' or 'sour', and is related to the English acerbic. So acerbity can mean the sharp, sour quality of a food or drink, the kind of taste that makes your mouth pucker.