Punitive and Sour

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Punitive adjective - Inflicting, involving, or serving as punishment.

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Sour and punitive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sour" instead an adjective "Punitive".

Nearby Words: punish, punishment

Sour adjective - Causing or characterized by the one of the four basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids.

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Punitive and sour are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Punitive" instead an adjective "Sour".

Nearby Words: sourness, soured, sourish, souring, sourly

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