Synonyms for tart
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1. tart

   Acid, sour, and bitter agree in being contrasted with sweet, but the two former are sharply distinguished from the latter. Acid or sour is the taste of vinegar or lemon-juice; bitter that of quassia, quinine, or strychnine. Acrid is nearly allied to bitter. Pungent suggests the effect of pepper or snuff on the organs of taste or smell; as, a pungent odor. Caustic indicates the corroding effect of some strong chemical, as nitrate of silver. In a figurative sense, as applied to language or character, these words are very closely allied. We say a sour face, sharp words, bitter complaints, caustic wit, cutting irony, biting sarcasm, a stinging taunt, harsh judgment, a tart reply. Harsh carries the idea of intentional and severe unkindness, bitter of a severity that arises from real or supposed ill treatment. The bitter speech springs from the sore heart. Tart and sharp utterances may not proceed from an intention to wound, but merely from a wit recklessly keen; cutting, stinging, and biting speech indicates more or less of hostile intent, the latter being the more deeply malicious. The caustic utterance is meant to burn, perhaps wholesomely, as in the satire of Juvenal or Cervantes. Compare MOROSE.

   Synonyms:
   acerb, acetous, acid, acidulated, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, biting, bitter, caustic, cutting, harsh, irate, pungent, savage, sharp, sour, stinging, vinegarish, virulent

   Antonyms:
   dulcet, honeyed, luscious, nectared, saccharine, sweet

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1. tart

   Synonyms:
   sharp, acid, sour, acidulous, keen, pungent, acerbous, severe, acrimonious, biting, bitter, harsh, rude, irascible

   Antonyms:
   mellow, sweet, luscious, mild, genial, suave, kindly, unctuous, oily, smooth, bland, blandiloquent, courteous, deferential, polite, ceremonious

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1. prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the streetnoun

   a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money

   Synonyms:
   prostitute, lady of pleasure, cyprian, whore, bawd, woman of the street, fancy woman, cocotte, kept woman, working girl, sporting lady, mistress, harlot

   Antonyms:
   pleasant, sweet

2. tartnoun

   a small open pie with a fruit filling

   Synonyms:
   lady of pleasure, cyprian, whore, bawd, woman of the street, cocotte, fancy woman, prostitute, working girl, sporting lady, harlot

   Antonyms:
   sweet, pleasant

3. tartadjective

   a pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust

   Synonyms:
   lady of pleasure, cyprian, whore, bawd, woman of the street, cocotte, fancy woman, prostitute, working girl, sporting lady, harlot

   Antonyms:
   pleasant, sweet

4. lemony, lemonlike, sourish, tangy, tartadjective

   tasting sour like a lemon

   Synonyms:
   tangy, lemony, sharp, sourish, sharp-worded, lemonlike

   Antonyms:
   pleasant, sweet

5. sharp, sharp-worded, tartadjective

   harsh

   "sharp criticism"; "a sharp-worded exchange"; "a tart remark"

   Synonyms:
   abrupt, shrill, astute, sharp, tangy, incisive, lemony, lemonlike, shrewd, knifelike, crisp, keen, needlelike, precipitous, discriminating, sharp-worded, acute, acuate, penetrating, piercing, sourish, penetrative

   Antonyms:
   sweet, pleasant

Matched Categories

1. • Pie
   • Woman

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1. tartadjective

   Synonyms:
   sour, acid, pricked

2. tartadjective

   Synonyms:
   severe, harsh, caustic, crabbed, sharp, snappish, testy, snarling, petulant, acrimonious, ill-tempered, ill-humored

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1. List of paraphrases for "tart":

   pie, cobbler, apple, acid

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1. Georgina Argamonte:

   Yeah, because it's a little bit of lemon and vanilla and so it's a little bit of sweet and tart. So, I think that mixes with their personality.

2. Monica Lewinsky:

   Now I admit I made mistakes — especially wearing that beret — but the attention and judgment that I received — not the story, but that I personally received — was unprecedented, i was branded as a tramp, tart, slut, whore, bimbo and, of course, 'that woman.' I was known by many, but actually known by few. I get it. It was easy to forget 'that woman' was dimensional and had a soul.

3. Sweet Tart , 9:

   I represent the best of Leelanau County with the Sweet and Tart cherries.

4. James Beard:

   A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch.

5. Washington Irving:

   A tart temper never mellows with age; and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.