| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | acerbic | sharp and biting in tone |
| 2. | acid | sharp and biting in tone |
| 3. | acidic | having a sharp acid taste |
| 4. | acidulous | slightly sharp or peevish |
| 5. | acrid | sharp and irritating in taste |
| 6. | aloof | emotionally distant and reserved |
| 7. | antagonistic | actively opposed or unfriendly |
| 8. | astringent | causing a dry puckering feel |
| 9. | bad | unpleasant or spoiled tasting |
| 10. | barbed | sharply hurtful or critical |
| 11. | biting | sharply critical or harsh |
| 12. | bitter | harshly unpleasant in taste |
| 13. | bracing | sharply stimulating in taste |
| 14. | briny | salty and sharply flavored |
| 15. | brusque | abrupt and unfriendly |
| 16. | caustic | severely critical and biting |
| 17. | choleric | readily angered and bad-tempered |
| 18. | citric | lemonlike in acidic taste |
| 19. | crabbed | ill-tempered and irritable |
| 20. | cross | annoyed and bad-tempered |
| 21. | curdled | gone bad and lumpy |
| 22. | curt | rudely brief and sharp |
| 23. | cutting | harshly sharp in manner |
| 24. | decayed | spoiled by decomposition |
| 25. | detached | emotionally uninvolved and distant |
| 26. | disagreeable | unpleasant or unfriendly |
| 27. | distant | not warm or friendly |
| 28. | distasteful | unpleasant to taste or accept |
| 29. | dry | lacking sweetness or richness |
| 30. | embittered | made resentful and cynical |
| 31. | fermented | turned sharp through fermentation |
| 32. | fetid | foul-smelling or stale |
| 33. | foul | offensively unpleasant or spoiled |
| 34. | frosty | coldly unfriendly in manner |
| 35. | gone bad | spoiled and unpleasant |
| 36. | green | unripe and sharply tart |
| 37. | grouchy | bad-tempered and complaining |
| 38. | gruff | rough and unfriendly in manner |
| 39. | grumpy | easily annoyed and surly |
| 40. | harsh | severe and unpleasant |
| 41. | hostile | unfriendly and antagonistic |
| 42. | icy | very cold and unfriendly |
| 43. | ill-tempered | habitually bad-tempered |
| 44. | irascible | easily angered; hot-tempered |
| 45. | irritable | easily annoyed or angered |
| 46. | lemony | having a lemonlike sharpness |
| 47. | limey | having a lime-like tartness |
| 48. | lively | bright and brisk in flavor |
| 49. | morose | gloomy and ill-tempered |
| 50. | mouth-puckering | causing the mouth to pucker |
| 51. | musty | stale and unpleasantly tainted |
| 52. | nasty | very unpleasant in taste |
| 53. | nauseating | sickeningly unpleasant |
| 54. | noxious | harmful or unpleasant |
| 55. | off | slightly spoiled in taste |
| 56. | offensive | causing dislike or resentment |
| 57. | ornery | bad-tempered and difficult |
| 58. | peevish | easily annoyed and complaining |
| 59. | petulant | childishly sulky or irritable |
| 60. | pickled | preserved in sharp brine |
| 61. | piquant | agreeably sharp or tangy |
| 62. | puckery | causing a puckering sensation |
| 63. | punchy | strong and vivid in flavor |
| 64. | pungent | strong and sharp in taste |
| 65. | putrid | rotten and foul |
| 66. | rancid | having a stale bad taste |
| 67. | rank | strong and offensively stale |
| 68. | remote | emotionally distant or detached |
| 69. | resentful | feeling bitter or aggrieved |
| 70. | reserved | restrained and not warm |
| 71. | rotten | decayed or very bad |
| 72. | sapid | having a distinct taste |
| 73. | scathing | severely harsh and critical |
| 74. | sharp | bitingly acidic in taste |
| 75. | sharpish | somewhat sharp in taste |
| 76. | sickening | causing disgust or revulsion |
| 77. | sourish | somewhat sharp or acidic |
| 78. | spoiled | gone bad in taste |
| 79. | spoilt | gone bad in taste |
| 80. | sprightly | lively and pleasantly tart |
| 81. | stale | no longer fresh in taste |
| 82. | tainted | spoiled by an unpleasant taste |
| 83. | tangful | full of tangy flavor |
| 84. | tangy | having a lively sharp taste |
| 85. | tart | pleasantly or sharply acidic |
| 86. | tartish | somewhat tart in taste |
| 87. | testy | easily irritated or annoyed |
| 88. | trenchant | keen and sharply critical |
| 89. | turned | spoiled; no longer fresh |
| 90. | twangy | having a noticeable tang |
| 91. | unfriendly | not kind or warm |
| 92. | unpalatable | not pleasant to taste |
| 93. | unpleasant | not enjoyable or agreeable |
| 94. | unripe | not ripe; often tart |
| 95. | unsavory | disagreeable in taste or character |
| 96. | vinegarish | somewhat like vinegar |
| 97. | vinegary | tasting strongly of vinegar |
| 98. | withdrawn | emotionally distant and quiet |
| 99. | zesty | pleasantly sharp and lively |
| 100. | zingy | pleasantly sharp and lively |
