#395.  Unsavoriness. —­ N. unsavoriness &c. adj.; amaritude[obs3];
acrimony, acridity (bitterness) 392b; roughness &c. (sour) 397; acerbity, austerity; gall and wormwood, rue, quassia[obs3], aloes; marah[obs3]; sickener[obs3]. 
     V. be unpalatable &c. adj.; sicken, disgust, nauseate, pall, turn the
stomach. 
     Adj. unsavory, unpalatable, unsweetened, unsweet[obs3]; ill-flavored;
bitter, bitter as gall; acrid, acrimonious; rough.
     offensive, repulsive, nasty; sickening &c. v.; nauseous; loathsome,
fulsome; unpleasant &c. 830.

     #396.  Sweetness. —­ N. sweetness, dulcitude[obs3].
     sugar, syrup, treacle, molasses, honey, manna; confection,
confectionary; sweets, grocery, conserve, preserve, confiture[obs3], jam, julep; sugar-candy, sugar-plum; licorice, marmalade, plum, lollipop, bonbon, jujube, comfit, sweetmeat; apple butter, caramel, damson, glucose; maple sirup[obs3], maple syrup, maple sugar; mithai[obs3], sorghum, taffy.
     nectar; hydromel[obs3], mead, meade[obs3], metheglin[obs3],
honeysuckle, liqueur, sweet wine, aperitif.
     [sources of sugar] sugar cane, sugar beets.
     [sweet foods] desert, pastry, pie, cake, candy, ice cream, tart, puff,
pudding (food) 298.
     dulcification|, dulcoration|.
     sweetener, corn syrup, cane sugar, refined sugar, beet sugar,
dextrose; artificial sweetener, saccharin, cyclamate, aspartame, Sweet’N Low. 
     V. be sweet &c. adj.
     render sweet &c. adj.; sweeten; edulcorate[obs3]; dulcorate|,
dulcify|; candy; mull.  Adj. sweet; saccharine, sacchariferous[obs3]; dulcet, candied, honied[obs3], luscious, lush, nectarious[obs3], melliferous[obs3]; sweetened &c. v.
     sweet as a nut, sweet as sugar, sweet as honey.
     sickly sweet. 
     Phr. eau sucre[Fr]; “sweets to the sweet” [Hamlet].

     #397.  Sourness. —­ N. sourness &c. adj.; acid, acidity, low pH;
acetous fermentation, lactic fermentation.
     vinegar, verjuice[obs3], crab, alum; acetic acid, lactic acid. 
     V. be sour; sour, turn sour &c. adj.; set the teeth on edge.
     render sour &c. adj.; acidify, acidulate. 
     Adj. sour; acid, acidulous, acidulated; tart, crabbed; acetous,
acetose[obs3]; acerb, acetic; sour as vinegar, sourish, acescent[obs3], subacid[Chem]; styptic, hard, rough. 
     Phr. sour as a lemon.

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     #398.  Odor. —­ N. odor, smell, odorament|, scent, effluvium;
emanation, exhalation; fume, essence, trail, nidor|, redolence.
     sense of smell; scent; act of smelling &c. v.; olfaction,
olfactories[obs3].
     [pleasant odor] fragrance &c. 400.
     odorant.
     [animal with acute sense of smell] bloodhound, hound.
     [smell detected by a hound] spoor. 
     V. have an odor &c. n.; smell, smell of, smell strong of; exhale; give
out a smell &c. n.; reek, reek of; scent.
     smell, scent; snuff, snuff up; sniff, nose, inhale. 
     Adj. odorous, odoriferous; smelling, reeking, foul-smelling, strong-
scented; redolent, graveolent[obs3], nidorous[obs3], pungent; putrid, foul.
     [Relating to the sense of smell] olfactory, quick-scented.