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tartness

tartness noun: the characteristic of being tart; sharpness of taste.

Noun

tartness (countable and uncountable, plural tartnesses)

  1. The characteristic of being tart; sharpness of taste.
    Synonyms:
    sourness, bitterness

tartness meaning in Tamil and Urdu

tartness in Tamil

கடுகடுப்பு, வெடுவெடுப்பு, காரச்சுவையுடைமை, கடும் புளிப்புச் சுவை

tartness in Urdu

tartness
کھٹائی khaṭāī

Synonyms of tartness

Forms of tartness

pluraltartnesses
alternative formtartnesse

Origin of tartness

From Middle English *tartnesse, from Old English teartnes (“sharpness, severity, asperity”), equivalent to tart + -ness.

Questions about tartness

What does tartness mean?
Tartness means the characteristic of being tart; sharpness of taste.
What is tartness in Tamil?
Tartness in Tamil is கடுகடுப்பு, வெடுவெடுப்பு, காரச்சுவையுடைமை. See Tartness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tartness?
Tartness is a noun.
What is the plural of tartness?
The plural of tartness is tartnesses.

Words near tartness in the dictionary

  1. tartlets
  2. tartlette
  3. tartlettes
  4. tartlike
  5. tartly
  6. tartness
  7. tartnesse
  8. tartnesses
  9. tartogo
  10. tartold
  11. tartolds

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tartness (page history and authors); tartness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); کھٹائی (Urdu) (page history and authors). 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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