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Vinegary

adjective
1.
Tasting or smelling like vinegar.  Synonyms: acetose, acetous, vinegarish.
2.
Having a sour disposition; ill-tempered.  Synonym: vinegarish.





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"Vinegary" Quotes from Famous Books



... some dreadful creatures, with vinegary features, With their fearful store of learning set me sadly in eclipse; But I'm ready quite to swear if I have ever heard the Tariff Or the Eastern Question settled by such a ...
— The Wit of Women - Fourth Edition • Kate Sanborn
... Sultan wants to hire me to hunt for ivory for him?" Will asked, and the Arab made a gesture of impatience. At that Lady Saffren Waldon cut in, very vinegary once more. ...
— The Ivory Trail • Talbot Mundy
... of Miss Skipwith's servants," thought Vixen; "rather a vinegary personage. I hope ...
— Vixen, Volume III. • M. E. Braddon


Words linked to "Vinegary" :   vinegariness, acetous, vinegarish, sour, ill-natured


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