tartness

/'tɑ:tnis/

Thân thiện

The baker added lemon juice to the filling to balance the tartness.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A sharp sour taste: The quality of having a sharp, acidic, or pleasantly sour flavor, like that of vinegar, lemon juice, or unripe fruit.
   • A rough and bitter manner: A figurative sense describing a sharp, harsh, or acerbic quality in a person's speech, tone, or disposition.

Usage and Examples

• Referring to taste:
  • The tartness of the green apple made my mouth pucker.
  • A little honey can balance the tartness of the yogurt.
• Referring to manner or speech:
  • Her criticism was delivered with surprising tartness.
  • There was a noticeable tartness in his reply that hinted at his irritation.

Advanced Usage

• "with tartness": Used to describe an action performed in a sharp or acerbic manner.
  • She declined the offer with a hint of tartness in her voice.

Variants and Related Words

• Tart (adj): Having a sharp, sour taste. (e.g., )
• Tart (adj, figurative): Sharp or cutting in manner. (e.g., )
• Tartly (adv): In a sharp or sour manner. (e.g., )

Synonyms

• Sourness: The quality of being sour in taste.
• Acidity: The state of being acid or sour.
• Acerbity: Sharpness and severity, especially of speech or manner.
• Acrimony: Bitterness or ill feeling in speech or behavior.

Idioms and Phrases

• A touch of tartness: A small amount of sharpness, either in flavor or in speech.
  • The sauce needs just a touch of tartness to be perfect.
  • His joke had a touch of tartness that not everyone appreciated.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a rough and bitter manner
2. a sharp sour taste
3. the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth

Từ đồng nghĩa

• bitterness
• acrimony
• acerbity
• jaundice
• thorniness
• sour
• sourness