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tangy

Syllables: tang·y/ˈtæŋiː/

tangy adjective: having a sharp, pungent flavor.

Adjective

tangy (comparative tangier, superlative tangiest)

  1. Having a sharp, pungent flavor.
    • Christmas queen Mary Berry's aubergine five-nut roast, from her Christmas Collection, is, as the name suggests, rather more focused on the nut side of things. Breadcrumbs play second fiddle to a medley of almonds, Brazils, chestnuts, pine nuts and pistachios which, although tangy with lemon juice...2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in Guardian

tangy meaning in Malayalam

tangy in Malayalam

sharp, zesty, acid
രൂക്ഷമായ സ്വാദുള്ള, അരുചിയുള്ള, ദുസ്സ്വാദുള്ള, ചുവയുള്ള, കുത്തലുള്ള, വീര്യമുള്ള

Examples of tangy in a sentence

  • After a night of worrying, nothing soothes the stomach like a tangy bottle of ginger booch.
  • Dutch Licorice Salmiak Rocks are classic Dutch sweets with a distinctive salty and tangy flavour.
  • Goat cheese, also known as chèvre, has a distinctive tart and tangy flavor.

All 21 example sentences with tangy

Forms of tangy

comparativetangier
superlativetangiest

Origin of tangy

From tang + -y.

Words formed from tangy

Words that rhyme with tangy

Questions about tangy

What does tangy mean?
Tangy means having a sharp, pungent flavor.
What is tangy in Malayalam?
Tangy in Malayalam is രൂക്ഷമായ സ്വാദുള്ള, അരുചിയുള്ള, ദുസ്സ്വാദുള്ള. See Tangy meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is tangy?
Tangy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce tangy?
Tangy is pronounced /ˈtæŋiː/.

Words near tangy in the dictionary

  1. Tangutology
  2. Tanguts
  3. Tanguturi
  4. Tanguy
  5. Tanguys
  6. tangy
  7. Tangye
  8. Tangyin
  9. tangyuan
  10. tangzhong
  11. tangzhuang

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tangy (page history and authors); tangy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset 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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