vinegary

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Sour

   Sour; like vinegar.

   • When Martha reopened the bottle of wine from the previous week's party, a vinegary whiff indicated that drinking it was out of the question.
   • Cherry Jones as Nan Pierce (2023), 42:42 from the start, in Succession, season 4, episode 1: “I like my wine thin and vinegary.”
2. 2

   Acerbic, bitter, irritable.

   • Then she remembered Jalil's disgusting behaviour of the previous evening and turned to give him vinegary words.
   • Edward's maiden aunt was a vinegary old soul with a sharp tongue and quick temper; she would not be receiving a wedding invitation.
   • A vinegary face has Mrs Miff, and a mortified bonnet, and eke a thirsty soul for sixpences and shillings.
3. 3

   Of a liquid, having turned partially or fully to vinegar.

The neighborhood

• synonymacerbicfigurative: acerbic, bitter
• synonymbitter
• synonymnasty
• synonymsour
• synonymvitriolic