burnt taste
Overdone food's aftertaste
A burnt taste is the acrid, bitter flavor that food or drink acquires from excessive heat—charred toast, scorched coffee, overcooked rice.
The taste is unmistakable and usually unwelcome: There's a burnt taste to this soup.
Some foods intentionally incorporate controlled burning for flavor, as in smoked meats or blackened fish.
- acridUnpleasantly sharp-smelling
- black smokeSooty airborne combustion byproduct
- bitterSharp, unpleasant taste
- scorchedBurned on surface
- crispy edgesBrowned, textured outer portions
blackened · ashy · carbon · charcoal briquette · overcooked · ruined · toast · soot · harsh · pungent · singed · smoldering · fire alarm · char · metallic · dry · crust · pan
- burntcharred, scorched, singed, blackened, char
- Unpleasant Sensationsloud noises, body odor, rotten smell, sticky hands, wet socks
- off-flavorsrancid, spoiled, sour, skunking, rotten
- food spoilagerot, mold growth, spoilage, rancidity, staleness
- bitternessbitterness, resentment, rancor, acrimony, grudge
burnt tasterare
Seldom found or seen
underdone · raw · undercooked · bland · medium-rare
burnt tastedelicious
Highly pleasing to taste
savory · palatable · appetizing · flavorful · tasty
burnt tastecaramelized
Browned through sugar heating
golden-brown · toasted · crispy · roasted · smoked
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