aftertaste

I chugged cups of instant black coffee like water, not paying much heed to the bitter, pungent aftertaste that lingered on my tongue and scorched my throat.

This vignette, despite the mishap, ends more happily than the others, but the evening still leaves a sour aftertaste.

The first episode "left a slightly sour taste in the mouth", she added - a sentiment echoed by the Independent's Nick Hilton, who wrote that the series is "tinged with a strange, bitter aftertaste".

MPs did their best to show the problem was now solved, but this crisis has left behind an unpleasant aftertaste.

But if “Not Alone Anymore” can sometimes lean too heavily on uplifting sentiment, Matlin’s story possesses a bittersweet aftertaste.