Another word for acidity
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Noun
Irony or bitterness, as of tone
- A sour, astringent quality
- Sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone.
- Sharpness, bitterness, or harshness of temper, words, etc.
- (Figuratively) Such property in some immaterial agent.
- Some property characteristic of a corrosive substance, as its taste.
- The quality or property of corroding or being corrosive, of eating away or disintegrating; acrimony.
- The state or quality of being mordant.
- A taunting, sneering, cutting, or caustic remark; gibe or jeer, generally ironic
- A cutting, often ironic remark intended to express contempt or ridicule.
- A form of wit characterized by the use of such remarks:
- The quality of being trenchant
- Irony or bitterness of tone
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Another word for acidity
Noun
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- The quality or condition of being sour, usually said of human personalities.
- The quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment
- An abnormal increase in the acidity of the body's fluids, caused either by accumulation of acids or by depletion of bicarbonates.
- An abnormal condition in the body, often due to faulty metabolism in which excessive acid, or a loss of alkali, lowers the pH of the blood and tissue
- Abnormally high acidity of the blood and body tissues caused by a deficiency of bicarbonates or an excess of acids other than carbonic acid. It can result from any of various acute or chronic disorders or from the ingestion of certain drugs and toxins.
- (Biochemistry) Any of many anaerobic biochemical reactions in which an enzyme (several enzymes produced by a microorganism) catalyses the conversion of one substance into another; especially the conversion (using yeast) of sugars to alcohol or acetic acid with the evolution of carbon dioxide
- The breakdown of complex molecules in organic compounds, caused by the influence of a ferment
- Any of a group of chemical reactions induced by microorganisms or enzymes that split complex organic compounds into relatively simple substances, especially the anaerobic conversion of sugar to carbon dioxide and alcohol by yeast.
- The condition of resembling vinegar.
- The quality of being harsh.
- An astringent taste.
- That which acts as an astringent, causing contraction of soft tissue to restrict the flow of blood.
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