vinegary
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]vinegary (comparative more vinegary, superlative most vinegary)
- Sour; like vinegar.
- When Martha reopened the bottle of wine from the previous week's party, a vinegary whiff indicated that drinking it was out of the question.
- Cherry Jones as Nan Pierce (2023), 42:42 from the start, in Succession, season 4, episode 1: “I like my wine thin and vinegary.”
- (figuratively) Acerbic, bitter.
- 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 562:
- Then she remembered Jalil's disgusting behaviour of the previous evening and turned to give him vinegary words.
- Edward's maiden aunt was a vinegary old soul with a sharp tongue and quick temper; she would not be receiving a wedding invitation.
- 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:
- A vinegary face has Mrs Miff, and a mortified bonnet, and eke a thirsty soul for sixpences and shillings.
- Of a liquid, having turned partially or fully to vinegar.
Synonyms
[edit]- (sour, like vinegar): acerbic, acrid, sour, tart, vinegarish
- (figurative: acerbic, bitter): acerbic, bitter, nasty, sour, vitriolic
- (having turned partially or fully to vinegar):
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]sour like vinegar
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having turned partially or fully to vinegar
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