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
  • 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
  • Then, acts of incivility are clearer, or less open to interpretation.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Workplace incivility caused by team members, patients, patients' families and others is a significant contributor to burnout.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Charlie and Pim are loyal employees of Smiling Friends, a mysterious business that exists solely to assist people with their problems, regardless of their severity.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Prosecutors have recommended an 11-year sentence, citing Combs’s lack of remorse and the severity of harm inflicted.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Essentially, they’re used to meeting an expectation where rudeness and thoughtlessness aren’t tolerated—because their older sister made sure of that.
    Jenna Ryu, SELF, 18 Sep. 2025
  • If senior figures display rudeness or disrespect, employees may assume that such behavior is acceptable, making selective enforcement seem arbitrary and undermining of trust.
    Andrew Binns, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The monthlong celebration comes at a crucial time, as transgender youths continue to face mounting legislative attacks and social hostility nationwide.
    Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Police officers eventually began to line tee boxes as the weekend progressed, though that also did not assuage the hostility.
    Matt Moret, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Verbatim Reginald Dwayne Betts A 2012 essay from the American Poetry Review on poetry and the architecture of anger.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Morocco Anti-government protests fueled by anger over Morocco pouring money into preparations for the 2030 World Cup instead of public services have raged in the country for nearly a week.
    Connor Greene, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The harshness of the language and the raw politicking shocked voters.
    Matt Klink, Oc Register, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The bass doesn’t overpower vocals, and the treble avoids harshness.
    Prakhar Khanna, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
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“Sourness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sourness. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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