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# sourness

«sourness» in Mova's school dictionary: **A sharp, acid taste, like lemons or vinegar** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (sourness — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A sharp, acid taste, like lemons or vinegar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sourness/#m1)

2) A bad-tempered, bitter or unfriendly mood or feeling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sourness/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on taste, sourness is one of the basic tastes (with sweet, salty, bitter and umami) and comes from acids. In stories, sourness of a character or a friendship shows bitterness or resentment.

### examples

- The sourness of the lemon made my face screw up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sourness/#x1)
- Add sugar to reduce the sourness of the rhubarb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sourness/#x2)
- Our tongue can taste sourness, sweetness, saltiness, bitterness and umami. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sourness/#x3)
- There was a sourness between the two friends after the argument. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sourness/#x4)
- The milk had a sourness that told us it was off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sourness/#x5)
- His sourness spoiled the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sourness/#x6)

### note

Uncountable; from «sour» + «-ness». Sour taste means acid; in science, acids taste sour (but never taste chemicals in the lab).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sourness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sourness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.