1. The Sense Of Taste
Andrew Ernest Ritz
May 8, 2011
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2. acid
noun –1. (4) acid – (any of various water-soluble compounds having
a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a
base to form a salt)
adj –1. (1) acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic,
sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic – (harsh or corrosive in tone;
”an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose”; ”a barrage of acid
comments”; ”her acrid remarks make her many enemies”; ”bitter
words”; ”blistering criticism”; ”caustic jokes about political
assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics”; ”a sulfurous
denunciation”; ”a vitriolic critique”)
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3. appetizing
adj –. appetizing, appetising – (appealing to or stimulating the
appetite especially in appearance or aroma)
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4. biting
verb –1. (12) bite, seize with teeth – (to grip, cut off, or tear with or
as if with the teeth or jaws; ”Gunny invariably tried to bite her”)
adj –1. (3) barbed, biting, nipping, pungent, mordacious – (capable
of wounding; ”a barbed compliment”; ”a biting aphorism”; ”pungent
satire”)
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5. bitter
noun –1. bitter – (English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with
strong flavor of hops (usually on draft))
verb –. bitter – (make bitter)
adj –1. (12) acrimonious, bitter – (marked by strong resentment or
cynicism; ”an acrimonious dispute”; ”bitter about the divorce”)
adv –. piercingly, bitterly, bitingly, bitter – (extremely and sharply; ”it
was bitterly cold”; ”bitter cold”)
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6. bland
adj –1. (1) bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless,
savourless, vapid – (lacking taste or flavor or tang; ”a bland diet”;
”insipid hospital food”; ”flavorless supermarket tomatoes”; ”vapid
beer”; ”vapid tea”)
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7. curdled
verb –1. curdle, clabber, clot – (turn into curds; ”curdled milk”)
adj –. coagulate, coagulated, curdled, grumous, grumose –
(transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass;
”coagulated blood”; ”curdled milk”; ”grumous blood”)
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8. delicious
noun –. Delicious – (variety of sweet eating apples)
adj –1. (2) delightful, delicious – (greatly pleasing or entertaining; ”a
delightful surprise”; ”the comedy was delightful”; ”a delicious joke”)
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9. distasteful
adj –1. distasteful, unsavory, unsavoury – (not pleasing in odor or
taste)
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10. flavor
noun –1. (3) spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell –
(the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it
has on people; ”the feel of the city excited him”; ”a clergyman
improved the tone of the meeting”; ”it had the smell of treason”)
verb –. season, flavor, flavour – (lend flavor to; ”Season the chicken
breast after roasting it”)
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11. flavored
verb –. season, flavor, flavour – (lend flavor to; ”Season the chicken
breast after roasting it”)
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12. flavorless
adj –. bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless,
vapid – (lacking taste or flavor or tang; ”a bland diet”; ”insipid
hospital food”; ”flavorless supermarket tomatoes”; ”vapid beer”;
”vapid tea”)
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13. flavorsome
adj –. flavorful, flavourful, flavorous, flavourous, flavorsome,
flavoursome, sapid, saporous – (full of flavor)
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14. gingery
adj –1. gingery – (having a taste like that of ginger)
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15. green
noun –1. (6) green, greenness, viridity – (green color or pigment;
resembling the color of growing grass)
verb –. green – (turn or become green; ”The trees are greening”)
adj –1. (26) green, greenish, light-green, dark-green – (of the color
between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of
fresh grass; ”a green tree”; ”green fields”; ”green paint”)
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16. honeyed
verb –. honey – (sweeten with honey)
adj –1. honeyed, honied, syrupy – (with honey added)
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17. hot
adj –1. (50) hot – (used of physical heat; having a high or higher
than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a
sensation of heat or burning; ”hot stove”; ”hot water”; ”a hot August
day”; ”a hot stuffy room”; ”she’s hot and tired”; ”a hot forehead”)
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18. insipid
adj –1. bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless,
savourless, vapid – (lacking taste or flavor or tang; ”a bland diet”;
”insipid hospital food”; ”flavorless supermarket tomatoes”; ”vapid
beer”; ”vapid tea”)
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19. luscious
adj –1. (1) juicy, luscious, red-hot, toothsome, voluptuous – (having
strong sexual appeal; ”juicy barmaids”; ”a red-hot mama”; ”a
voluptuous woman”; ”a toothsome blonde in a tight dress”)
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20. mellow
verb –1. mellow – (soften, make mellow; ”Age and experience
mellowed him over the years”)
adj –1. laid-back, mellow – (unhurried and relaxed; ”a mellow
conversation”)
adv –. mellowly, mellow – ((obsolete) in a mellow manner)
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21. nauseating
verb –1. sicken, nauseate, turn one’s stomach – (upset and make
nauseated; ”The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman’s
stomach”; ”The mold on the food sickened the diners”)
adj –. nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensiv e,
sickening, vile – (causing or able to cause nausea; ”a nauseating
smell”; ”nauseous offal”; ”a sickening stench”)
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22. palatable
adj –. palatable, toothsome – (acceptable to the taste or mind;
”palatable food”; ”a palatable solution to the problem”)
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23. peppery
adj –. peppery – (having the piquant burning taste of peppers; ”corn
chips with peppery salsa”)
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24. ripe
adj –1. (6) ripe, mature – (fully developed or matured and ready to
be eaten or used; ”ripe peaches”; ”full-bodied mature wines”)
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25. rotten
adj –1. (1) icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky – (very
bad; ”a lousy play”; ”it’s a stinking world”)
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26. salty
adj –1. (1) piquant, salty – (engagingly stimulating or provocat ive;
”a piquant wit”; ”salty language”)
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27. savor
noun –. relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, nip,
tang – (the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into
the mouth)
verb –1. (4) enjoy, bask, relish, savor, savour – (derive or receive
pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; ”She relished her
fame and basked in her glory”)
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28. season
noun –1. (40) season – (a period of the year marked by special events
or activities in some field; ”he celebrated his 10th season with the
ballet company”; ”she always looked forward to the avocado season”)
verb –1. season, flavor, flavour – (lend flavor to; ”Season the chicken
breast after roasting it”)
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29. seasoned
verb –1. season, flavor, flavour – (lend flavor to; ”Season the chicken
breast after roasting it”)
adj –1. seasoned – (aged or processed; ”seasoned wood”)
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30. seasoning
noun –1. flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning
– (something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts)
verb –1. season, flavor, flavour – (lend flavor to; ”Season the chicken
breast after roasting it”)
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31. sharp
noun –1. sharp – (a musical notation indicating one half step higher
than the note named)
adj –1. (9) crisp, sharp – ((of something seen or heard) clearly
defined; ”a sharp photographic image”; ”the sharp crack of a twig”;
”the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot”)
adv –. (1) sharply, sharp, acutely – (changing suddenly in direction
and degree; ”the road twists sharply after the light”; ”turn sharp left
here”; ”the visor was acutely peaked”; ”her shoes had acutely pointed
toes”)
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32. sip
noun –. (2) sip – (a small drink)
verb –. (7) sip – (drink in sips; ”She was sipping her tea”)
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33. sour
noun –1. sour – (a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or
gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar)
verb –1. (2) sour, turn, ferment, work – (go sour or spoil; ”The milk
has soured”; ”The wine worked”; ”The cream has turned–we have to
throw it out”)
adj –1. (1) sour, rancid – (smelling of fermentation or stalenes s)
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34. spice
noun –1. (1) spice – (aromatic substances of vegetable origin used as
a preservative)
verb –1. (1) spice, spice up – (make more interesting or flavorful;
”Spice up the evening by inviting a belly dancer”)
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35. spiced
verb –1. (1) spice, spice up – (make more interesting or flavorful;
”Spice up the evening by inviting a belly dancer”)
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36. spicy
adj –1. piquant, savory, savoury, spicy, zesty – (having an agreeably
pungent taste)
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37. spoiled
verb –1. (2) botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow,
flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up,
bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up,
fuck up – (make a mess of, destroy or ruin; ”I botched the dinner and
we had to eat out”; ”the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in
the second movement”)
adj –1. (1) spoiled, spoilt – (having the character or dispositi on
harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention; ”a spoiled child”)
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38. stale
verb –. stale – (urinate, of cattle and horses)
adj –1. (1) stale – (lacking freshness, palatability, or showing
deterioration from age; ”stale bread”; ”the beer was stale”)
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39. sugary
adj –. sugary – (containing sugar; ”he eats too much sugary food”)
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40. sweet
noun –1. Sweet, Henry Sweet – (English phonetician; one of the
founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912))
adj –1. (9) sweet – (having or denoting the characteristic taste of
sugar)
adv –. (1) sweetly, sweet – (in an affectionate or loving manner
(‘sweet’ is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of ‘sweetly’ );
”Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly”; ”how sweet the
moonlight sleeps upon this bank”- Shakespeare; ”talking sweet to
each other”)
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41. tainted
verb –1. defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud – (place under suspicion or
cast doubt upon; ”sully someone’s reputation”)
adj –. corrupt, tainted – (touched by rot or decay; ”tainted bacon”;
”‘corrupt’ is archaic”)
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42. tangy
adj –. lemony, lemonlike, sourish, tangy, tart – (tasting sour like a
lemon)
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43. tart
noun –1. prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy
woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the
street – (a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money)
adj –1. (1) lemony, lemonlike, sourish, tangy, tart – (tasting sour like
a lemon)
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44. taste
noun –1. (8) taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste
perception, gustatory perception – (the sensation that results when
taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the
chemical composition of a soluble stimulus; ”the candy left him with
a bad taste”; ”the melon had a delicious taste”)
verb –1. (10) taste, savor, savour – (have flavor; taste of something)
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45. tasteless
adj –1. tasteless – (lacking flavor)
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46. tasty
adj –. tasty – (pleasing to the sense of taste; ”a tasty morsel”)
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47. unappetizing
adj –. unappetizing, unappetising – (not appetizing in appearanc e,
aroma, or taste)
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48. unflavored
adj –. unflavored, unflavoured, nonflavored, nonflavoured – (without
flavoring added)
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49. unpalatable
adj –. unpalatable – (not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind;
”an unpalatable meal”; ”unpalatable truths”; ”unpalatable behavior”)
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50. unripe
adj –1. green, unripe, unripened, immature – (not fully develope d or
mature; not ripe; ”unripe fruit”; ”fried green tomatoes”; ”green
wood”)
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51. unseasoned
adj –1. unseasoned – (not aged or processed; ”unseasoned timber”)
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52. untainted
adj –. stainless, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished – ((of
reputation) free from blemishes; ”his unsullied name”; ”an
untarnished reputation”)
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53. vinegary
adj –1. acetose, acetous, vinegary, vinegarish – (tasting or smelling
like vinegar)
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54. yummy
adj –. delectable, delicious, luscious, pleasant-tasting, scrumptious,
toothsome, yummy – (extremely pleasing to the sense of taste)
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