vin·e·gar·y

[vin-i-guh-ree]
adjective
1.
of the nature of or resembling vinegar; sour; acid: a vinegary taste.
2.
having a disagreeable character or manner; crabbed; ill-tempered: a vinegary person.

Origin:
1720–30; vinegar + -y1

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vinegary (ˈvɪnɪɡərɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  containing vinegar; tasting of or like vinegar
2.  bad-tempered, sour, or peevish

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Example sentences
Such an approach is almost too disconcerting these vinegary days.
Both sweet and vinegary, they are the perfect foil for any other toppings.
It was some kind of vinegary salad contraption of some sort.
But the strong aroma of vinegary versions proved to be off-putting, she added,
  during taste tests with friends.
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