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The Sense Of Taste

Andrew Ernest Ritz

May 8, 2011

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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”)


appetizing

adj –. appetizing, appetising – (appealing to or stimulating the
appetite especially in appearance or aroma)


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”)


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”)


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”)


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”)


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”)


distasteful

adj –1. distasteful, unsavory, unsavoury – (not pleasing in odor or
taste)


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”)


flavored

verb –. season, flavor, flavour – (lend flavor to; ”Season the chicken


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”)


flavorsome

adj –. flavorful, flavourful, flavorous, flavourous, flavorsome,
flavoursome, sapid, saporous – (full of flavor)


gingery

adj –1. gingery – (having a taste like that of ginger)


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”)


honeyed

verb –. honey – (sweeten with honey)
adj –1. honeyed, honied, syrupy – (with honey added)


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”)


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”)


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”)


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)


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”)


palatable

adj –. palatable, toothsome – (acceptable to the taste or mind;
”palatable food”; ”a palatable solution to the problem”)


peppery

adj –. peppery – (having the piquant burning taste of peppers; ”corn
chips with peppery salsa”)


ripe

adj –1. (6) ripe, mature – (fully developed or matured and ready to
be eaten or used; ”ripe peaches”; ”full-bodied mature wines”)


rotten

adj –1. (1) icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky – (very
bad; ”a lousy play”; ”it’s a stinking world”)


salty

adj –1. (1) piquant, salty – (engagingly stimulating or provocat ive;
”a piquant wit”; ”salty language”)


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”)


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


seasoned

adj –1. seasoned – (aged or processed; ”seasoned wood”)


seasoning

noun –1. flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning
– (something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts)


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”)


sip

noun –. (2) sip – (a small drink)
verb –. (7) sip – (drink in sips; ”She was sipping her tea”)


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)


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”)


spiced

verb –1. (1) spice, spice up – (make more interesting or ﬂavorful;
”Spice up the evening by inviting a belly dancer”)


spicy

adj –1. piquant, savory, savoury, spicy, zesty – (having an agreeably
pungent taste)


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”)


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”)


sugary

adj –. sugary – (containing sugar; ”he eats too much sugary food”)


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”)


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”)


tangy

adj –. lemony, lemonlike, sourish, tangy, tart – (tasting sour like a
lemon)


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)


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)


tasteless

adj –1. tasteless – (lacking ﬂavor)


tasty

adj –. tasty – (pleasing to the sense of taste; ”a tasty morsel”)


unappetizing

adj –. unappetizing, unappetising – (not appetizing in appearanc e,
aroma, or taste)


unflavored

adj –. unflavored, unflavoured, nonflavored, nonflavoured – (without
flavoring added)


unpalatable

adj –. unpalatable – (not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind;
”an unpalatable meal”; ”unpalatable truths”; ”unpalatable behavior”)


unripe

adj –1. green, unripe, unripened, immature – (not fully develope d or
mature; not ripe; ”unripe fruit”; ”fried green tomatoes”; ”green
wood”)


unseasoned

adj –1. unseasoned – (not aged or processed; ”unseasoned timber”)


untainted

adj –. stainless, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished – ((of
reputation) free from blemishes; ”his unsullied name”; ”an
untarnished reputation”)


vinegary

adj –1. acetose, acetous, vinegary, vinegarish – (tasting or smelling
like vinegar)


yummy

adj –. delectable, delicious, luscious, pleasant-tasting, scrumptious,
toothsome, yummy – (extremely pleasing to the sense of taste)


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