unsweet

Thân thiện

He found the unsweet champagne rather refreshing.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Not sweet; lacking sweetness: The primary meaning describes a taste that is not sugary or pleasant in a sweet way.
   • Distasteful, unpleasant: Used figuratively to describe an experience, situation, or aspect of life that is disagreeable or not enjoyable.
   • (Of wine, especially champagne) Dry or moderately dry: A specific oenological term describing a wine with little to no perceptible sweetness.

Usage and Examples

• Adjective (Taste):

  • The lemon juice was completely unsweet and made me pucker.
  • She prefers her coffee dark and unsweet.

• Adjective (Figurative - Unpleasant):

  • The memory of that failure is still unsweet.
  • He found the responsibilities of adulthood unsweet.

• Adjective (Wine):

  • They served an excellent unsweet champagne to accompany the appetizers.
  • This style of Prosecco is deliberately unsweet.

Advanced Usage

• "To leave a sour/unsweet taste": To create a lasting feeling of disappointment or distaste.
  • The way the company treated its employees left an unsweet taste in everyone's mouth.

Variants and Related Words

• Unsweetened (adj): Specifically refers to a food or drink to which no sugar has been added.
  • I'll have an unsweetened iced tea, please.
• Dry (adj): The more common synonym in the context of wine.
• Bitter (adj): Can be a synonym for the figurative meaning, implying resentment or harshness.

Synonyms

• For taste: sour, bitter, dry, tart.
• For figurative meaning: unpleasant, disagreeable, distasteful, unpalatable.
• For wine: dry, brut, extra dry.

Antonyms

• Sweet, sugary, saccharine, pleasant, agreeable.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. distasteful
   • he found life unsweet
2. (of champagne) moderately dry

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