233 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ sˈa͡ʊ͡ənəs], [ sˈa‍ʊ‍ənəs], [ s_ˈaʊə_n_ə_s]

Related words: sour candy, soured milk, sour fruit, sour cream, yogurt, sour grapes, sour taste

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Similar words for sourness:

• acerbity (noun)
• acidity (noun)
• asperity (noun)
• cognition (noun)
• discontentment (noun)
• flavor (noun)
• irascibility (noun)
• irritability (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• pungency (noun)
• sourness (noun)
• sullenness (noun)
• temper (noun)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words (noun)

Homophones for sourness

Hypernyms for sourness

Hyponyms for sourness

Synonyms for Sourness:

• n.

  • acerbity (noun)
  • acidity,
  • mordancy.
  • acidity (noun)
  • causticity.
  • asperity (noun)
  • crossness,
  • disagreeableness,
  • acrimony,
  • meanness,
  • crabbiness,
  • irritability,
  • peevishness,
  • bitterness,
  • sullenness,
  • difficulty,
  • moroseness,
  • sharpness,
  • Churlishness,
  • roughness.
  • cognition (noun)
  • sour,
  • sourness.
  • discontentment (noun)
  • discomposure,
  • discomfort,
  • ennui,
  • inquietude,
  • cheerlessness,
  • disquiet,
  • exasperation,
  • frustration,
  • anguish,
  • uncomfortableness,
  • boredom,
  • angst,
  • joylessness,
  • gloominess,
  • anxiety,
  • non-satisfaction,
  • disgruntlement,
  • irritation,
  • uneasiness,
  • wretchedness,
  • displeasure,
  • dissatisfaction,
  • discontent,
  • despondence,
  • unhappiness,
  • misery.
  • flavor (noun)
  • savor,
  • extract,
  • savoriness,
  • Sweetness,
  • essence,
  • relish,
  • taste,
  • deliciousness,
  • sapidity,
  • spiciness,
  • pepperiness,
  • saltiness,
  • seasoning,
  • hotness,
  • gusto,
  • toothsomeness,
  • tang,
  • delectability,
  • zest,
  • vim,
  • aroma,
  • zing,
  • piquancy,
  • smack,
  • goodness,
  • twang,
  • wallop.
  • irascibility (noun)
  • spleen,
  • temperament.
  • irritability (noun)
  • crankiness,
  • bellicosity,
  • petulance,
  • Crustiness,
  • Prickliness,
  • spitefulness,
  • Bearishness,
  • crabbedness,
  • bitchiness,
  • pettiness.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • ill humor,
  • short-fuse,
  • surliness,
  • irascibility,
  • fretfulness,
  • tartness,
  • asperity,
  • acridness,
  • touchiness,
  • hotheadedness,
  • cantankerousness,
  • Sapor,
  • irascibleness,
  • short fuse,
  • astringencies,
  • flavor,
  • pungency,
  • bad humor,
  • acerbity,
  • grouchiness,
  • huffiness,
  • tetchiness,
  • pugnacity,
  • astringency,
  • ill-humor,
  • low boiling point,
  • slow burn,
  • temper,
  • excitability,
  • pungencies.
  • pungency (noun)
  • acridity,
  • poignancy.
  • sourness (noun)
  • sulkiness,
  • Unripeness.
  • sullenness (noun)
  • glumness,
  • unfriendliness,
  • long-facedness,
  • melancholy,
  • cynicism,
  • moodiness,
  • contrariness,
  • hostility,
  • malevolence,
  • grimness,
  • dourness,
  • grumpiness,
  • darkness,
  • obstinacy,
  • dejection.
  • temper (noun)
  • passion,
  • stew,
  • wax,
  • snit,
  • tantrum,
  • impatience,
  • tear,
  • sensitivity,
  • fit,
  • tiff,
  • ire,
  • fury,
  • rage,
  • dander,
  • tizzy,
  • miff,
  • heat,
  • furor,
  • outburst,
  • annoyance.

• Other synonyms:

  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • discordance,
  • unharmoniousness,
  • dissonance,
  • gall,
  • venom,
  • dryness,
  • unfulfillment,
  • jaundice,
  • gustatory sensation,
  • sour note,
  • cacophony,
  • diaphony,
  • rancour,
  • divine discontent,
  • ill nature,
  • vitriol,
  • soreness,
  • severity,
  • corrosiveness,
  • discontentedness,
  • atonality,
  • bad blood,
  • animosity,
  • discord,
  • astringence,
  • unkindness,
  • acumen,
  • greenness,
  • trenchancy,
  • flatness,
  • acuteness,
  • vendetta,
  • Unsatisfaction,
  • gustatory perception,
  • biliousness,
  • disharmony,
  • choler,
  • bile,
  • Ill Humour,
  • tunelessness,
  • keenness,
  • rebelliousness,
  • hard feelings,
  • restiveness,
  • edge,
  • malice,
  • unpleasure,
  • envy,
  • cold comfort,
  • bitter pill,
  • wolf,
  • rancor,
  • huffishness,
  • anger,
  • discontentment,
  • bitingness,
  • animus,
  • ill-will,
  • disappointment,
  • bad temper,
  • Acidness,
  • Dissonancy,
  • restlessness,
  • ill blood,
  • eagerness,
  • Inharmony,
  • inharmoniousness,
  • atonalism,
  • feud,
  • gloom,
  • stridor,
  • resentment,
  • Discordancy,
  • harshness,
  • clinker,
  • ill temper,
  • virulence,
  • querulousness,
  • acidulousness,
  • Verjuice.

Homophones for Sourness:

• screwing, serinus, syringe, souring, sorrowing, swearing, shirring, scoring, shrink, surmise, sayornis, sarong, syringa, sour mash, sure enough, s wrench, Syringa Josikaea, scurrying, screaming, sharing, scraunch, sugariness, sereness, secureness, square inch, sorriness, sermonise, swaggering, Saccharum Munja, screening, syrinx, sour mash whiskey, sureness, screw wrench, scaramouche, soaring, shrewmouse, scrounge, shoring, shearing, soreness, scrimmage, scrimshaw, serranus, squirming, Syringa Josikea, squareness, scrawniness, shrinkage, saccharomyces, scranch, sermonize, shrunk, scrunch, schizosaccharomyces, scouring, sure-enough, scaramouch, scrummage, skirmish, sour orange.

Hypernym for Sourness:

• n.

  • cognition
    acidity, acidulousness.

Hyponym for Sourness:

• n.

  • cognition
    gustatory sensation, taste sensation, taste, taste perception, gustatory perception.