acidity

acidity
n
1.(all usu. of taste) sourness, bitterness, vinegariness, acidulousness; tartness, harshness, sharpness, acridity, acerbity.
2.(all usu. of expression or temperament) astringency, severity, sternness, harshness, acerbity, austerity, stringency; acrimoniousness, causticity, asperity, mordancy, bitterness, pungency, venomousness, venomness; trenchancy, keenness, sarcasm, satire, irony; virulence, spitefulness, maliciousness, malice, viciousness; peevishness, petulance, Rare. petulancy, crab-bedness, testiness, touchiness, ill-temperedness, short-temperedness, edginess.
3. scorn, derision, spite, ill humor, ill temper, ill feeling.

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  • Acidity — A*cid i*ty, n. [L. acidites, fr. acidus: cf. F. acidit[ e]. See {Acid}.] The quality of being sour; sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste; as, the acidity of lemon juice. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • acidity — (n.) 1610s, from Fr. acidité (26c.) or directly from L. aciditatem (nom. aciditas), noun of quality from L. acidus (see ACID (Cf. acid) (adj.)) …   Etymology dictionary

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