tartness (n.)

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

    [ Syn: sour , sourness ]

  2. a sharp sour taste

    [ Syn: acerbity ]

  3. a rough and bitter manner

    [ Syn: bitterness , acrimony , acerbity , jaundice , thorniness ]

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