Reverse Dictionary: TASTE

TASTE, TASTEFUL, TASTY

ADJECTIVES
 ACRIMONIOUS bitter and hot to the taste; bitterly pungent, irritating, corrosive; acrid …1612 arch.
 ACUTE of tastes or odours: sharp, pungent …1620 obs.
 BAACHIE nasty tasting; filthy …1930 Amer. dial.
 BAUCH unpleasant to the taste …1706 Sc.
 BEAUTIFUL pleasing to the taste …1886 Eng. dial.
 FABULICIOUS good; good-tasting; often used of a sexually appealing man …1997 US sl.
 GAMEY; GAMY having the flavour of game that has been kept till it is ‘high’; strong-tasting …1863
 GOBBITY pleasant to the taste …B1900 Eng. dial.
 GOODY toothsome, esp. sweet food, as butter, jelly, etc. …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
 GUSTABLE that can be tasted; also, having a pleasant taste, appetizing …1480 rare
 GUSTATIVE having the function of tasting; concerned with tasting …1620
 GUSTATORIAL pert. to the sense of taste or tasting …1937
 GUSTATORY pert. to the sense of taste or tasting …1684
 HASK rough and hard to the touch or taste, esp. from the absence of moisture; coarse and dry …c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 HASKY coarse to the taste; unpalatable …Bk1902 Sc.
 LUSTY pleasant to the taste …c1430 obs.
 MEEK-TASTED sweet or mild of taste …1897 Sc.
 MERVE savoury, agreeable to the taste …1899 Sc.
 MERVY savoury, agreeable to the taste …1899 Sc.
 NARSH disagreeable, harsh, or bitter in taste, rancid …1866 Sc. 
 NESH delicate to the taste; in later use, tender, succulent, juicy …c888 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 NIRSE disagreeable, harsh, or bitter in taste, rancid …1866 Sc. 
 PALATE pleasant to the palate or taste; palatable …1617 obs. rare
 PALATICAL pleasing to the palate or taste …1656 obs.
 PALATIVE pleasing to the palate or taste; palatable …1682 rare
 QUICK of a taste or smell: sharp, pungent, brisk …1573 obs.
 RAMMISH of smell, taste, etc.: rank, rancid, acrid, strong, stinking, highly disagreeable …c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 RAMSH of edibles: rank or unpleasant to the palate, coarse; harsh to the taste; rank, foul; of alcohol: strong, fiery … 1808 Sc.
 RELISHY pleasant to the taste …1897 Eng. dial.
 SAPIENT having a taste or savour …1599 obs.
 SAPORAL pert. to taste …1651 obs. rare
 SAPORIFIC imparting flavour or taste …1704 rare
 SAPORINE pert. to the sense of taste …1813 rare
 SAPOROUS agreeable to the taste, savoury …a1670 obs.
– SAPOROUS pert. to taste; having flavour or taste …1704
 TART of the sense of taste: keen …1605 obs. rare
– TASTESOME pleasant to the taste; toothsome…1598 obs. rare
 TOOTH-RIFE agreeable to the taste; palatable; that of which one can eat a considerable quantity …1841 Sc.
 VALIANT strong in respect of smell or taste …1607 obs.
 VEHEMENT of taste: strong, pungent …1600 obs.
 VELVETY smooth and soft to the taste …1888
 VINY old or high tasted; generally applied to game that has been overkept …1887 Sc.
 WALLOW nauseous; having a sickly taste …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 WALLOW-LIKE nauseous; having a sickly taste …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 WALLOWY nauseous; having a sickly taste …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 WALSH insipid, tasteless, ill-tasting; having a sickly taste, nauseous …1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
 WELSH nauseous; sour; having a sickly taste …1691 Eng. dial.
 YAR harsh of taste; sour …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 YARRISH harsh or strong of taste; acid, sour …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 YARRY harsh or strong of taste; acid, sour …1841 Eng. dial.
 GUSTFUL full of ‘gust’ or flavour; pleasant to the taste, tasty …1647 obs.
 GUSTY tasty, savoury, appetizing …1721 Sc.
 LICIOUS delicious, tasty, savoury …c1420 obs. rare
 MOREISH of food: appetizing, tasty …1905 Amer. dial.
 MOREY of food: appetizing, tasty …1975 Amer. dial.
 MORISH of food: appetizing, tasty …1905 Amer. dial.
 NEAT of preparations, esp. in cookery: dainty, tasteful …1611
 NOSHABLE suitable for noshing; tasty, delicious …1966 colloq.
 SCRUMPTIOUS delicious, extra-tasty…1881 sl., orig. US
 SIPID savoury; tasty; full of flavour …1623 rare


ADVERBS
 FALSE-TASTEDLY with a false or bad taste …1803 Eng. dial.


NOUNS
 ACERBITUDE sourness, harshness in taste, bitterness …1731 obs.
 ACERBITY sourness of taste, mingled with bitterness or astringency; harshness, roughness of taste;  …1611
 ACRIMONY biting sharpness to the taste; pungency; acridity …1542 arch.
 ACRITUDE bitterness, sharpness or pungency of taste; acridity …1675 obs. rare
 ANTEPAST a foretaste; an appetizer …1580
 FAINTNESS a sickly taste; excessive sweetness …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
 FANG a twang, an ill taste or flavour …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
 FAREWELL an aftertaste …1905 Amer. dial.
 GAB palate, taste …1725 Sc.
 GABBETS the palate, taste, appetite …1874 Sc.
 GOOD-BYE TASTE aftertaste …Bk1913-1917 Amer. dial.
 GUST the sense or faculty of taste …c1430 arch.
 GUSTATION the act of tasting; taste …1599
 GUSTATIVENESS taste …1827
 NADKIN; NATKIN a strong, unpleasant odour or taste; the taint acquired by meat kept too long …1825 Sc. obs.
 NAG a sour, mouldy, or stale taste …1908 Sc.
 NIRR an unpleasant taste in food …1929 Sc. 
 NISS a harsh, bitter, or strong taste …1908 Sc. 
 SAPIDITY the quality of having taste and flavour …1646
 SAPIDNESS the quality of having taste and flavour …1649 obs.
 SAPOR,  SAPOUR a taste, savour, flavour; the taste of a substance, esp. of food or drink …1477
 SAPOROSITY that property of a body by which it imparts the sensation of taste; taste, flavour …1794 RARE
 SAY a sample; a taste …1813 Eng. dial.
 SCHMECK a taste or flavour …Brit. sl.
 SHMECK a taste or flavour …Brit. sl.
 SMAHAN a drop to drink; a taste …E20 Irish
 TACHE a slight taste or flavour; a smack …1607 obs. rare
 TACK a smack, taste, or flavour of something; esp. a peculiar or ill flavour …1602 obs.
 TALLAGE taste, savour …a1400 obs.
– TALLAGE the sense of taste …1557 obs.
 TARAGE taste, flavour …c1407 obs.
 TARRAGE taste, flavour …c1407 obs.
 TEUK;  TUIK a disagreeable taste, a by-taste …1899 Sc.
 TEW a bad taste, esp. that occasioned by dampness …BK1905 Sc.
 TINT a taste, touch; a foretaste; a scrap; a very small quantity …1878 Sc.
 VERDURE sharpness, tartness, or unpleasantness of taste …1508 obs.
– VERDURE freshness or agreeable briskness of taste in fruits or liquors; also, taste, savour …1513 obs.
 WAFT a taste or flavour, esp. an ill taste …1542 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 WAYGANG a lingering taste or flavour, an aftertaste …1754 Sc.


NOUNS, PERSON
 GUSTER a professional or official taster …1609 Sc. obs.
 TASTER a domestic officer whose duty it is to taste food and drink about to be served to his master, in order to ascertain their quality, or to detect poison …1387
– TASTER one who tastes or tries the quality of a thing by tasting; one whose office, business, or employment is to taste the quality of victuals sold to the public, as ale, wine, tea, etc. by taste …c1440


VERBS
 ABITE to bite, to nip, to taste …c1000 obs.
 AIR to taste …Bk1898 Sc.
 DELIBATE to take a little of; to taste, to sip …1623 obs.
 FAND to taste food, etc. …c893 obs.
 FOND to taste food, etc. …c893 obs.
 GUST to taste; to relish …c1430 Sc.
 GUST THE GAB to give a taste or relish to …1773 Sc.
 HANDSEL;  HANSEL to use for the first time; to be the first to test, try, prove, taste …1605
 MAKE ONE’S TONGUE SLAP ONE IN THE FOREHEAD of food: to taste good …2008 Amer. dial.
 MAKE ONE’S TONGUE SLAP ONE’S BRAIN of food: to taste good …2003 Amer. dial.
 MAKE ONE’S TONGUE SLAP ONE’S JAW TEETH OUT of food: to taste good …1986 Amer. dial.
 MAKE ONE’S TONGUE SLAP ONE’S TONSILS of food: to taste good …2009 Amer. dial.
 MAKE ONE’S TONGUE SLAP THE ROOF OF ONE’S MOUTH of food: to taste good …1967 Amer. dial.
 MISTASTE to spoil the taste of; to have no taste for …1613 obs.
 QUALIFY to modify the quality or strength of, to make stronger, dilute or otherwise fit for taste; as, to ‘qualify’ liquors …1816 Amer. dial.
 REHEARSE to leave a strong taste in the mouth; to rise on the stomach, as of food which disagrees …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
 SAY to assay, to test; to taste …1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 TACK to give a smack or taste to ..1868 Eng. dial.
 TARAGE to have a taste; to have a flavour …c1407 obs.
 TASTE LIKE MORE to taste very good, making one eager to have more …1869 Amer. dial.
 TASTE LIKE MORE’S BEHIND to taste very good, making one eager to have more …1869 Amer. dial.
 TASTE ONE’S MOUTH to please one’s sense of taste …1909 Amer. dial.