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Synonyms for vinegary

Grammar : Adj
Spell : vin-i-guh-ree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɪn ɪ gə ri

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Définition of vinegary

  • As in sharp : adj having strong affect on animate senses
  • As in sour : adj bad-tasting; gone bad
  • As in tangy : adj sharp, spicy
  • As in tart : adj bitter, sour in taste or effect
  • As in bitter : adj pungent, sharp
  • As in acid : adj bitter, sour in taste
  • As in cantankerous : adj difficult, crabby
  • As in acetous : adj sour
  • As in cranky : adj in bad mood
  • As in crotchety : adj irritable, often due to old age
  • As in crusty : adj irritable, often due to old age
Example sentences :
  • "You seem to be alone in your opinion," said the Baron with his vinegary smile.
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
  • It's out of favour I am with the vinegary virgins over the way.
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
  • There was one vinegary old maid to whom he applied who gave me a cold chill.
  • Extract from : « Step Lively! » by George Niblo
  • Falk clasped a hand, hard as a beetle, and received a vinegary smile.
  • Extract from : « The Red Room » by August Strindberg
  • The little girls actually point to me with furtive, vinegary glances, for they are more ingenuously hypocritical than women.
  • Extract from : « Woman » by Magdeleine Marx
  • "I think it's too horrible to think about," said the former, suddenly, and with a vinegary aspect of countenance.
  • Extract from : « Six Girls » by Fannie Belle Irving
  • If she hadnt been a Willoughby, one would have said that the lady of vinegary aspect snorted.
  • Extract from : « Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 2, September, 1905 » by Various
  • His vinegary daughter Charity out of the way, Pecksniff began to persecute Mary more and more.
  • Extract from : « Tales from Dickens » by Charles Dickens and Hallie Erminie Rives
  • Furneaux, though suffering from a splitting headache, had recovered the use of a vinegary tongue.
  • Extract from : « The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley » by Louis Tracy
  • With these words she took her partners arm and tripped along, with swaying hips and smiling a vinegary smile on all sides.
  • Extract from : « The Duel » by A. I. Kuprin

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