vinegary

1. 1.

   tasting or smelling like vinegar

   Synonymsacetoseacetousvinegarish

   Similarsour
2. 2.

   having a sour disposition; ill-tempered

   Synonymsvinegarish

   Similarill-natured

Questions about vinegary

What does vinegary mean?

vinegary means "tasting or smelling like vinegar". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in vinegary?

vinegary has 4 syllables: vi-ne-ga-ry. The stress falls on "ne".

What is another word for vinegary?

Close synonyms include acetose, acetous, vinegarish, vinegarish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is vinegary a common word?

vinegary is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.