Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
lemony

lemony

4 2.5
Having the fresh sour taste or smell of a lemon
  • adjective
  • /ˈlɛməni/
translation icon : limonado
  • The sauce had a delightfully lemony taste that enhanced the dish.
  • lemony scent
  • lemony sauce
  • lemony flavor

The icing is is is a lemony zest.

Autoplay Next

Examples

  • She served a lemony dessert that everyone loved.

  • The lemony scent of the fresh lemonade filled the room.

  • And that soft drink, they wanted to have a lemony flavor to that soft drink.

  • Oh, and it smells very lemony and it feels really nice.

    KathleenLights

  • Take a bath, use some of that nice bath oil, the lemony kind, relax, and go on to bed.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • It's just to add that sort of lemony flavor while it's all cooking.

  • I smelled something really sweet and lemony...

    I'm Not Me (2011)

  • If you prefer a more lemony flavor, squeeze half a lemon on top before serving.

    Blog text (13)

  • The Elphinstone wine was thick, sweet, and rather lemony.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Things like chickweed and sorrel, which has a lemony taste.

    Fall of Camp Blood: A Friday the 13th Fan Film (2022)

Synonyms

sour
vslemony
61 1.0

Having a sharp taste like lemon or vinegar

is more specific, indicating the taste or smell of that particular fruit
tangy
vslemony
15 3.6

A strong, pleasantly sour taste like lemon

is about the exact taste or smell of that particular yellow fruit
tart
vslemony
3 2.2

Having a sharp, sour taste like a lemon

names the specific fruit flavor rather than a general sharp sourness
lemon-scented
vslemony
1 1.2

Having the smell of lemon

is about both taste and smell of that yellow fruit rather than only scent
citrusy
vslemony
1 3.7

Having a fresh, sharp taste or smell like a lemon

is narrower, naming the specific fruit taste or smell rather than any citrus
lemonlike
vslemony
2.9

Having the sour, fresh taste, smell, or look of a lemon

is specifically focused on the taste or smell of that yellow fruit
limy
vslemony
4.6

Tasting or smelling like a small green sour fruit used in cooking

refers specifically to the yellow fruit's taste or smell rather than green citrus
sour-tasting
vslemony
1.0

Tasting sharp and like lemon or vinegar

is more specific, pointing to the taste or smell of that fruit
sourish
vslemony
3.4

Has a slightly sharp taste like lemon

is stronger and identifies the exact taste or smell of that fruit
acidulous
vslemony
9.6

Slightly sour in taste or tone

is the specific smell or taste of that yellow citrus rather than general sourness

How Lemony

zesty
4 4.2
lemony
4 2.5
lemonlike
2.9
citrusy
1 3.7

Surface Forms

lemony positive

Morphology

lemony = lemon (transparent) = lemon + y

Formed directly from the noun 'lemon' plus the adjectival suffix '-y' meaning 'having the taste or smell of'.

Etymology

Lemony comes from lemon, the name of the fruit that entered English from words in Arabic and Italian. Think of the bright, sour taste and fresh smell of a lemon, so lemony means 'tasting or smelling like a lemon'.