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Raciness

The quality of being racy; peculiar and piquant flavor.

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Indelicacy 76% connected

The quality of being indelicate; want of delicacy, or of a nice sense of, or regard for, purity, propriety, or refinement in manners, language, etc.;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Spice 76% connected

Species; kind.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Spicery 76% connected

Spices, in general.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Spiciness 76% connected

The quality or state of being spicy.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Racy 74% connected

Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil; hence, fresh; rich.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Racy 74% connected

Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil; hence, fresh; rich.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 5

Bite 92% connected

To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a cru…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Pungency 92% connected

The quality or state of being pungent or piercing; keenness; sharpness; piquancy; as, the pungency of ammonia.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ribaldry 92% connected

The talk of a ribald; low, vulgar language; indecency; obscenity; lewdness; -- now chiefly applied to indecent language, but formerly, as by Chaucer,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Sharpness 92% connected

The quality or condition of being sharp; keenness; acuteness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Spiciness 92% connected

The quality or state of being spicy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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