Dictionary Definition
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
- Slightly sour; sub-acid; sourish; as an acidulous tincture - Edmund Burke
Quotations
1931: He talked with acidulous tolerance of the exalted personages who had sent Ashenden to X. -- W. Somerset Maugham, His ExcellencySynonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
acerb,
acerbate, acerbic, acetic, acetose, acetous, acid, acidic, acidulated, acidulent, acrid, acrimonious, astringent, biting, bitter, burning, caustic, choleric, corroding, corrosive, cutting, double-edged, dry, edged, embittered, escharotic, fierce, harsh, hyperacid, incisive, keen, mordacious, mordant, penetrating, piercing, piquant, poignant, pungent, rancorous, rankled, resentful, resenting, rigorous, rough, scathing, scorching, severe, sharp, sore, splenetic, stabbing, stewing, stinging, strident, stringent, subacid, subacidulous, tart, trenchant, vehement, violent, virulent, vitriolic, withering