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Meaning of Sourness | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The condition or quality of being sour.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية الحموضة حموضة
Bosanski Asim
Català acidesa
Deutsch Säure
Ελληνικά αγουράδα αγουρίλα δυστροπία ξινίλα στρυφνότητα
Español acedía acidez acritud
Suomi happamuus
Galego acedume
हिन्दी अम्लता अम्लिमा खटास
Bahasa Indonesia keasaman
日本語 すみ 酸 酸味
ქართული სიმჟავე
한국어 산미 신맛
Kurdî aşim
Latina aciditas acor
Nederlands zerpte zuurte
Svenska syra syrlighet
Tagalog asim kaasiman
Türkçe ekşilik

Examples

“[O]ur Tympanouſe ſtatiſts / (In their affected grauitie of voice, / Sovverneſſe of countenance, maners crueltie, / Authoritie, vvealth, and all the ſpavvne of Fortune) / Thinke they beare all the kingdomes vvorth before them; […]”
“Mrs. Ferrars was a little, thin woman, upright, even to formality, in her figure⟳, and serious, even to sourness, in her aspect.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Sournesses sourplum sourpuss Sours soursop sourstuff

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