sourness

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Noun
  • Their works push back against the coldness of technology, asserting presence, autonomy, and creative resistance.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Thematically, this episode is awash in the color blue itself, which many fans interpret as symbolizing coldness and detachment from the music industry.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Dani’s surliness has evaporated.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The Dolphins knew in the spring that Jalen Ramsey’s tardiness and surliness did not fit the culture that the organization wanted to build.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In fact, the SHRM research showed that employees of companies with a RTO mandate reported 63% more acts of workplace incivility than those without a mandate.
    Susan Caminiti, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Then, acts of incivility are clearer, or less open to interpretation.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Yet, the severity of gendered crime during Partition wasn’t caused by an arbitrary upsurge of madness.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Allergic reactions vary in severity from mild symptoms such as hives and lip swelling to life-threatening complications, such as anaphylaxis, that may include fatal respiratory problems.
    Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But yes, Miss Manners agrees that his rudeness justifies your ignoring his comment.
    Judith Martin, Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2025
  • But Takaichi has taken the strongest stances, decrying the rudeness of foreign tourists and accusing them of abusing the famous deer in Nara.
    Arata Yamamoto, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In 2018 and 2019, the two exchanged fire in rounds of hostilities that would frequently end within 48 hours.
    Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Trump will need to hope for hostilities to be short-lasting, or for these voters to be forgiving.
    Javier Corrales, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Our hero is also being coveted by a crime boss, and as he gets pulled further and further into this world, Farrell has to show his inner violence and anger breaking through.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Symptoms can include memory loss, impulse control problems, anxiety, depression and anger issues.
    Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Middleton aimed to create a score that reflects the harshness and hope of the desert setting.
    Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The harshness of the language and the raw politicking shocked voters.
    Matt Klink, Oc Register, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Sourness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sourness. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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