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Synonyms for tart

Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : tahrt
Phonetic Transcription : tɑrt

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Définition of tart

Origin :
  • "having a sharp taste," late 14c., perhaps from Old English teart "painful, sharp, severe" (in reference to punishment, pain, suffering), of unknown origin; possibly related to the root of teran "to tear." Figurative use, with reference to words, speech, etc., is attested from c.1600.
  • adj bitter, sour in taste or effect
  • noun pastry
Example sentences :
  • Some tart messages and answers were exchanged on this occasion.
  • Extract from : « Tour through the Eastern Counties of England, 1722 » by Daniel Defoe
  • To be sent up with the cheese, or, if you like, with the tart.
  • Extract from : « The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; » by Charlotte Campbell Bury
  • And should we bid him bring us yet another course, I trow his answer will be tart!
  • Extract from : « A Tangled Tale » by Lewis Carroll
  • He changed his meat plate now, and helped him lavishly to tart.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • As for her tart retorts, terrifying to bores and toadies, they only amused him.
  • Extract from : « William Pitt and the Great War » by John Holland Rose
  • "Then, you'd better go, and relieve your feelings," was the tart rejoinder.
  • Extract from : « Making People Happy » by Thompson Buchanan
  • Tis my only consolation that I snatched the tart and eat it as I ran.
  • Extract from : « A Daughter of Raasay » by William MacLeod Raine
  • It may be the tart was good; but how fresh the appetite was!
  • Extract from : « Roundabout Papers » by William Makepeace Thackeray
  • He said, "No thank you," to all, for he thought but of the tart.
  • Extract from : « The Book of One Syllable » by Esther Bakewell
  • He thought the time was long till the time came for the tart to be cut.
  • Extract from : « The Book of One Syllable » by Esther Bakewell

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