"vinegary" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From vinegar + -y.",
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      "form": "more vinegary",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "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."
        },
        {
          "text": "Cherry Jones as Nan Pierce (2023), 42:42 from the start, in Succession, season 4, episode 1: “I like my wine thin and vinegary.”"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Sour; like vinegar."
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          "sense": "sour, like vinegar",
          "word": "acerbic"
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          "_dis1": "97 0 3",
          "sense": "sour, like vinegar",
          "word": "acrid"
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          "sense": "sour, like vinegar",
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 0 3",
          "sense": "sour, like vinegar",
          "word": "tart"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 0 3",
          "sense": "sour, like vinegar",
          "word": "vinegarish"
        }
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 0 4",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "sour like vinegar",
          "word": "etikkainen"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "sour like vinegar",
          "word": "feeyn-gheayragh"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 562:",
          "text": "Then she remembered Jalil's disgusting behaviour of the previous evening and turned to give him vinegary words.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "text": "Edward's maiden aunt was a vinegary old soul with a sharp tongue and quick temper; she would not be receiving a wedding invitation."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:",
          "text": "A vinegary face has Mrs Miff, and a mortified bonnet, and eke a thirsty soul for sixpences and shillings.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Acerbic, bitter."
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        "(figuratively) Acerbic, bitter."
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          "word": "hapan"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "figurative: acerbic, bitter",
          "word": "kitkerä"
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      "glosses": [
        "Of a liquid, having turned partially or fully to vinegar."
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          "code": "fi",
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          "word": "etikoitunut"
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      "sense": "figurative: acerbic, bitter",
      "word": "acerbic"
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      "word": "bitter"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "nasty"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "sour"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "vitriolic"
    }
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  "word": "vinegary"
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    {
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  "etymology_text": "From vinegar + -y.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more vinegary",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most vinegary",
      "tags": [
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  "pos": "adj",
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        {
          "text": "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."
        },
        {
          "text": "Cherry Jones as Nan Pierce (2023), 42:42 from the start, in Succession, season 4, episode 1: “I like my wine thin and vinegary.”"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Sour; like vinegar."
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 562:",
          "text": "Then she remembered Jalil's disgusting behaviour of the previous evening and turned to give him vinegary words.",
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        },
        {
          "text": "Edward's maiden aunt was a vinegary old soul with a sharp tongue and quick temper; she would not be receiving a wedding invitation."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:",
          "text": "A vinegary face has Mrs Miff, and a mortified bonnet, and eke a thirsty soul for sixpences and shillings.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Acerbic, bitter."
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        "(figuratively) Acerbic, bitter."
      ],
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        "Of a liquid, having turned partially or fully to vinegar."
      ]
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    {
      "sense": "sour, like vinegar",
      "word": "acerbic"
    },
    {
      "sense": "sour, like vinegar",
      "word": "acrid"
    },
    {
      "sense": "sour, like vinegar",
      "word": "sour"
    },
    {
      "sense": "sour, like vinegar",
      "word": "tart"
    },
    {
      "sense": "sour, like vinegar",
      "word": "vinegarish"
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      "sense": "figurative: acerbic, bitter",
      "word": "acerbic"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sour like vinegar",
      "word": "etikkainen"
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    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "sour like vinegar",
      "word": "feeyn-gheayragh"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "figurative: acerbic, bitter",
      "word": "hapan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "figurative: acerbic, bitter",
      "word": "kitkerä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having turned partially or fully to vinegar",
      "word": "etikoitunut"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "having turned partially or fully to vinegar",
      "word": "feeyn-gheayragh"
    }
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  "word": "vinegary"
}