Definitions

vinegarish

[vin-i-ger-ish] / ˈvɪn ɪ gər ɪʃ /

ADJECTIVE

acetous

Synonyms

WEAK

acerb acerbic acidulous acrid bitter harsh tangy tart vinegary

ADJECTIVE

acid

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acerbic biting piquant pungent

STRONG

sharp tart

WEAK

acidulous vinegary

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bland dull mild

WEAK

basic kind nice sweet

ADJECTIVE

cantankerous

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cranky dour grouchy grumpy irascible prickly quarrelsome testy

WEAK

bad-tempered bearish bloody-minded captious choleric contrary critical cross crotchety crusty disagreeable huffy ill-humored ill-natured irritable morose obstinate ornery peevish perverse petulant snappish sour stubborn vinegary

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cheerful easygoing happy pleasant

WEAK

easy good-natured nice

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Aiken being right would mean Eliot showing a "thin and vinegarish hostility towards the modern world" and sounding a note of "withered dogmatism".

From The Guardian

But I am morally certain she has all sorts of vinegarish names for me.

From Project Gutenberg

vinegarish

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