acidulate (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *acidulate*:
VERB	perception	acidulate, sour, acidify, acetify	make sour or more sour

English > *acidulate*: 1 sense > verb 1, perception
Meaning	make sour or more sour.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonyms	sour, acidify, acetify
Broader	change taste	Alter the flavor of
Opposite	sweeten, dulcify, edulcorate, dulcorate	make sweeter in taste / taste
Spanish	acetificar, acidar, acidificar, acidular, agriar, amargar, asperear, avinagrar
Catalan	acetificar, acidificar, acidular, agrir-se, amargar, asprejar, avinagrar-se, picar-se, repuntar-se
Nouns	acid	any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt

HyperDic: acidulate