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Meanings of sourness in anglès

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agresa

Basic taste.

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agresa

A sullen moody resentful disposition.

Usage of sourness in anglès
1
Despite the sourness of the moment, he was pleased with Ruth herself.
Crown of Slaves
2
Such a continual contrariety irritates and stirs up sourness in the heart.
The Autobiography of Madame Guyon
3
They all concur in calling sweetness pleasant, and sourness and bitterness unpleasant.
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IV (...
4
Breakfast did, in fact, take some of the sourness out of me.
Dexter in the Dark
5
The vanilla can take away from the sourness, which is fairly subtle.
The cook's illustrated how-to-cook library
6
But his countenance showed nothing whatever of sourness, or of grim endurance.
The Crown of Life
7
Sweetness helps mask or balance both sourness and bitterness from other ingredients.
On food and cooking: the science and lore of the kitchen
8
Orman's stomach churned with acid sourness -what a fool he was!
Assail
9
It is deep, and has a dash of sourness or shrillness in it.
By What Authority?
10
They occasion sourness, both on the one side and the other.
Thrift
11
Don't mistake my observations on Apple as sourness about the stock.
Reuters
12
Any hints of sourness and the tofu is past its prime.
The cook's illustrated how-to-cook library
13
The forest smelt like a hothouse, but the smell had an unwholesome sourness.
The Buccaneer Farmer / Published in England under the Title "Ask...
14
There's a sourness in the air, a sense of stubborn withdrawal.
The new yorker
15
This will correct any tendency to sourness, and make the yeast more brisk.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
16
There was sourness in his tone, a sting of real resentment.
The Girls
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