Meaning of खट्टा in English
- Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit; sharp and harsh.
- Turning sour; readily becoming tart or acid; slightly sour.
- A substance liable to become sour.
- Of a pertaining to vinegar; producing vinegar; producing vinegar; as, acetic fermentation.
- Pertaining to, containing, or derived from, acetyl, as acetic ether, acetic acid. The latter is the acid to which the sour taste of vinegar is due.
- Having a sour taste; sour; acid.
- Causing, or connected with, acetification; as, acetous fermentation.
- Having an acid quality; sour; acidulous.
- Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.
- Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or musty, turned.
- Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish; morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply.
- Afflictive; painful.
- Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh.
- A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
- To cause to become sour; to cause to turn from sweet to sour; as, exposure to the air sours many substances.
- To make cold and unproductive, as soil.
- To make unhappy, uneasy, or less agreeable.
- To cause or permit to become harsh or unkindly.
- To macerate, and render fit for plaster or mortar; as, to sour lime for business purposes.
- To become sour; to turn from sweet to sour; as, milk soon sours in hot weather; a kind temper sometimes sours in adversity.
Meaning of खट्टा in English
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