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Noun: sourness  saw(-u)r-nus
  1. The taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
    - sour, tartness
     
  2. The property of being acidic
    - sour, acidity
     
  3. A sullen moody resentful disposition
    - sulkiness, sullenness, moroseness

Type of: gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, ill nature, taste, taste perception, taste property, taste sensation

Encyclopedia: Sourness