Meaning & use
Acidy
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Having a sour or acid taste or quality; informally, acidic.
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The coffee tasted a bit acidy, so she added extra milk to soften it.
He complained that the wine was too acidy for his taste.
A note on using this word
An informal variant of 'acidic,' commonly used in everyday speech about food and drink rather than in scientific writing.
Words with a similar meaning
acidicsourtart
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Words with an opposite meaning
sweetmild
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