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
  • Kp is an index used to indicate the severity of the global magnetic disturbances in near-Earth space, NOAA said.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Brain scans revealed the severity of the bleeds and whether patients showed signs of cerebral small vessel disease, a condition that damages tiny blood vessels in the brain and is linked to aging, high blood pressure and dementia.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The whole film is a great demonstration of the actress’s range, since Fanning then turns around and gives our nemesis, Tessa, a convincing iciness.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Nov. 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
  • One can be sure that the utility of having hostilities with Venezuela for this case is not lost on the administration.
    David Smilde, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Before the Chiefs’ Divisional Round win in January 2024, Jones embraced that hostility by jawing with fans during warmups.
    Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The thumping Republicans took in this week's elections reflected longer-running anger among constituencies that already leaned Democratic, but the GOP needs to worry that the government shutdown will cause that frustration to spread.
    Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
  • And that is why my first true voice—the one that could hold complexity, contradiction, grief, even anger—came in English.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
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“Sourness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sourness. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.

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