Describing experience with precision
Open a theme, then select a word or phrase for its meaning, example and pronunciation.
1. Taste and aftertaste (20 entries)
- mouth-puckering
- astringent
- insipid
- briny
- a briny aftertaste
- an astringent finish
- cloying
- a cloying sweetness
- palate
- taste-maker
- confection
- elation
- voracity
- green notes
- fruition
- palatable
- indulgence
- philistine
- rapture
- teem
2. Scent and atmosphere (20 entries)
- acrid
- resinous
- a pungent aroma
- a resinous scent
- a musty odour
- a discordant jangle
- a guttural sound
- a barely audible hiss
- a choked whisper
- a muffled thud
- an acrid tang
- a shrill overtone
- the reverberation of a note
- a sustained drone
- a metallic clang
- a resonant chime
- a grating rasp
- a mournful peal
- a stifled exclamation
- combustion
3. Touch and texture (20 entries)
- matte
- granular
- lustrous
- perforated
- impermeable
- viscous
- tarnished
- reticulated
- friable
- opalescent
- fibrous
- crystalline
- permeable
- patinated
- gelatinous
- striated
- serrated
- minute
- smattering
- diffuse
4. Bodily sensations (20 entries)
- unnerving
- consternation
- euphoria
- dampen
- jarring
- lassitude
- exude
- ardour
- mesmeric
- qualm
- physiological
- unnerve
- bereft
- deaden
- squirm
- aghast
- recumbent
- glory in
- prise
- mangle
5. Intensity and mixed impressions (20 entries)
- salient
- momentous
- unparalleled
- immaterial
- inconsequential
- far-reaching
- overarching
- seminal
- unrivalled
- tangential
- salience
- bear the hallmarks of
- ancillary
- centrality
- brevity
- impressionistic
- veritable
- bona fide
- elated
- myriad