acidity
/əˈsɪd.ɪ.ti/
acidity noun: the quality or state of being acid.
Noun
acidity (countable and uncountable, plural acidities)
- The quality or state of being acid.
- Sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste.
- the acidity of lemon juice
- Empty stomachs lead to acidity and leave a sour taste in the mouth.
- Excessive acid quality, as in gastric secretions.
- A caustic, sour, biting, or bitter quality.
- "What shall we call it?" he asked. "Why should you not take the chance of perpetuating your own name?" said Summerlee, with his usual touch of acidity.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
- It was a brave, good speech, a speech from that staunch and strong spirit which lay behind all the acidities and angularities of the old zoologist.1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Time of Death”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC, page 60
acidity meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
acidity in Hindi
- quality of sourness to the taste
- अम्लिमा amlimā
- quality or state of being acid
- अम्लिमा amlimā
acidity in Tamil
- அமிலத்தன்மை
acidity in Marathi
- आम्लता
acidity in Urdu
- quality or state of being acid
- تیزابِیَت tezābiyat
- pathology: excessive acid quality
- تیزابِیَت tezābiyat
More languagesFewer languages
- acidity in Bengali
- অম্লতা, অম্লত্ব, অম্লপিত্ত
- acidity in Telugu
- పులుసు pulusu
- acidity in Malayalam
- പുളിപ്പുള്ള, അമ്ലം, നീരസസ്വഭാവമുള്ള, പുളിപ്പുള്ള വസ്തു
- acidity in Kannada
- ಹುಳಿ huḷi, ಪುಳಿ puḷi
- acidity in Punjabi
- ਐਸਿਡਿਟੀ, ਅਸਿਡਿਟੀ
- acidity in Gujarati
- એસિડિટી
- acidity in Odia
- ଅମ୍ଳତ୍ବ amḷatba
- acidity in Sanskrit
- अम्ल amla
- acidity in Nepali
- एसिडिटी, अम्लता
- acidity in Arabic
- حُمُوضَة ḥumūḍa
- acidity in Indonesian
- keasaman, tingkat keasaman
- acidity in Persian
- ترشی torši
Examples of acidity in a sentence
- The substrate of an aquarium can affect the water's acidity.
- The binding of oxygen to hemoglobin is allosterically regulated by various tropic factors, such as BPG and acidity.
- At times Benedick and Beatrice's verbal sparrings drip with an acidity that smarts.
Antonyms of acidity
Forms of acidity
| plural | acidities |
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Origin of acidity
From French acidité, from Latin aciditātem, accusative singular of aciditās (“sourness, acidity”), from acidus (“sour, acid”). Equivalent to acid + -ity.
Words formed from acidity
Phrases with acidity
Questions about acidity
- What does acidity mean?
- Acidity means the quality or state of being acid.
- What is acidity in Hindi?
- Acidity in Hindi is अम्लिमा (amlimā). See Acidity meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is acidity?
- Acidity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce acidity?
- Acidity is pronounced /əˈsɪd.ɪ.ti/.
- What is the plural of acidity?
- The plural of acidity is acidities.
Words near acidity in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: acidity (page history and authors); acidity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acidity (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); acidity (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); పులుసు (Telugu) (page history and authors); acidity (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಪುಳಿ (Kannada) (page history and authors); acidity (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); acidity (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); अम्ल (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); acidity (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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