Antonyms for tart

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : tahrt

Phonetic Transcription : tɑrt

Definition of tart

Origin : "having a sharp taste," late 14c., perhaps from Old English teart "painful, sharp, severe" (in reference to punishment, pain, suffering), of unknown origin; possibly related to the root of teran "to tear." Figurative use, with reference to words, speech, etc., is attested from c.1600.

adj bitter, sour in taste or effect
noun pastry

Example sentences :

Some tart messages and answers were exchanged on this occasion.
Extract from : « Tour through the Eastern Counties of England, 1722 » by Daniel Defoe

To be sent up with the cheese, or, if you like, with the tart.
Extract from : « The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; » by Charlotte Campbell Bury

And should we bid him bring us yet another course, I trow his answer will be tart!
Extract from : « A Tangled Tale » by Lewis Carroll

He changed his meat plate now, and helped him lavishly to tart.
Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

As for her tart retorts, terrifying to bores and toadies, they only amused him.
Extract from : « William Pitt and the Great War » by John Holland Rose

"Then, you'd better go, and relieve your feelings," was the tart rejoinder.
Extract from : « Making People Happy » by Thompson Buchanan

Tis my only consolation that I snatched the tart and eat it as I ran.
Extract from : « A Daughter of Raasay » by William MacLeod Raine

It may be the tart was good; but how fresh the appetite was!
Extract from : « Roundabout Papers » by William Makepeace Thackeray

He said, "No thank you," to all, for he thought but of the tart.
Extract from : « The Book of One Syllable » by Esther Bakewell

He thought the time was long till the time came for the tart to be cut.
Extract from : « The Book of One Syllable » by Esther Bakewell

Synonyms for tart

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