TARTNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tartness mean? 

• TARTNESS (noun)
  The noun TARTNESS has 3 senses:

1. the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth

2. a sharp sour taste

3. a rough and bitter manner

  Familiarity information: TARTNESS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TARTNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

sour; sourness; tartness

Hypernyms ("tartness" is a kind of...):

gustatory perception; gustatory sensation; taste; taste perception; taste sensation (the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tartness"):

acidity; acidulousness (the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth)

Derivation:

sour (one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A sharp sour taste

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

acerbity; tartness

Hypernyms ("tartness" is a kind of...):

acidity; sour; sourness (the property of being acidic)

Derivation:

tart (tasting sour like a lemon)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A rough and bitter manner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

acerbity; acrimony; bitterness; jaundice; tartness; thorniness

Hypernyms ("tartness" is a kind of...):

disagreeableness (an ill-tempered and offensive disposition)

Derivation:

tart (harsh)