Chapter Words Relating to Matter of Index by Roget's Thesaurus

(Adjectives). Sapid, gustable, gustatory, saporific, appetising.

• Insipidity (Substantives), tastelessness, insipidness, vapidness, vapidity, mawkishness, mildness; wish- wash, milk and water.

(Verbs). To be void of taste, tasteless, etc.

(Adjectives). Insipid, tasteless, savourless, mawkish, flat, vapid, fade, wishy-washy, watery, mild; untasted.

• Pungency (Substantives), haut-goût strong taste, twang, raciness, race, saltness, sharpness, roughness; ginger, caviare, dram, cordial, condiment 393.

(Verbs). To be pungent, etc.

To render pungent, to season, spice, salt, pepper, pickle, brine, devil.

(Adjectives). Pungent, high-flavoured, high-tasted, high, sharp, piquant, racy, biting, mordant, spicy, seasoned, hot, peppery, gingery, high-seasoned, gamy, salt, saline, brackish.

(Phrases). Salt as brine; salt as a herring; salt as Lot's wife; hot as pepper.

• Condiment (Substantives), salt, mustard, pepper, cayenne, curry, chutney, seasoning, spice, sauce piquante, caviare, pot-herbs.
• Savouriness (Substantives), palatableness, daintiness, delicacy, relish, zest.

A tit - bit, dainty, delicacy, ambrosia, nectar, bonne-bouche.

(Verbs). To be savoury, etc.

To render palatable, etc.

To relish, like, smack the lips.

(Adjectives). Savoury, well-tasted, palatable, nice, dainty, delectable, toothsome, full-flavoured, tasty, appetising, delicate, delicious, exquisite, rich, luscious, ambrosial, meaty, fruity.

(Phrase). Cela sa laisse manger.

• Unsavouriness (Substantives), unpalatableness, bitterness, acridness, acridity, acrimony, roughness, acerbity, austerity, gall and wormwood, rue.

(Verbs). To be unpalatable, etc.

To sicken, disgust, nauseate, pall, turn the stomach.

(Adjectives). Unsavoury, unpalatable, ill-flavoured, bitter, acrid, acrimonious, unsweetened, rough, austere, uneatable, inedible.

Offensive, nasty, fulsome, sickening, nauseous, nauseating, disgusting, loathsome, palling.

(Phrases). Bitter as gall; bitter as aloes.

• Sweetness (Substantives), dulcitude, sugar, saccharine, glucose, syrup, treacle, molasses, honey, manna, confection, confectionery, conserve, jam, julep, sugar-candy, toffee, plum, sugar-plum, lollipop, bonbon, comfit, sweetmeat, marzipan, marchpane, fondant, nougat, nectar, hydromel, honey-suckle.

Dulcification, sweetening.

(Verbs). To be sweet, etc.

To render sweet, to sweeten, sugar, edulcorate, candy, dulcify, saccharify.