acidity

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The quality or state of being acid.
2. (countable, uncountable) Sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste.
3. (countable, uncountable) Excessive acid quality, as in gastric secretions.
4. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A caustic, sour, biting, or bitter quality.

Synonyms

sourness

tartness

acidness

causticity

mordancy

sour

acidulousness

acrimoniousness

vitriol

bitterness

sharpness

shrillness

slant

smartness

trenchancy

vinegariness

vinegarishness

trenchantness

acetosity

acidic property

acid

acidities

acridity

acrimony

acuteness

asperity

crabbedness

keenness

pungency

Translations

acidité

acidez

acidez

acidità

Azidität

Acidität

aigreur

azedume

Säuregrad

acidesa

حموضة

Säuregehalt

zuurheid

acididade

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈsɪdɪti/

Etymology

From French acidité, from Latin aciditātem, accusative singular of aciditās (“sourness, acidity”), from acidus (“sour, acid”). Equivalent to acid + -ity.