ACETOUS Synonyms

• keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point

• having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing

• (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone

• a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named

• a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point

• changing suddenly in direction and degree

• (of something seen or heard) clearly defined

• ending in a sharp point

• having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

• marked by practical hardheaded intelligence

• harsh

• having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones

• dangerously steep

• very sudden and in great amount or degree

• quick and forceful

• having a sharp biting taste

• a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar

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

• the property of being acidic

• smelling of fermentation or staleness

• one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons

• in an unpalatable state

• inaccurate in pitch

• showing a brooding ill humor

• go sour or spoil

• make sour or more sour

• tasting or smelling like vinegar

• tasting or smelling like vinegar

• having a sour disposition; ill-tempered