(n.) A taste which remains in the mouth after eating or drinking.
Example Sentences:
(1) So while I still like my Pebble (I've set it to show when I get a call; texts are in the past), there's a bitter aftertaste.
(2) It comes, as it should, in a bag of liquid, and is firm to the touch but with a good level of gentle fluffiness inside and a delicate, creamy aftertaste.
(3) No serious side effects were noted other than a "fishy aftertaste."
(4) "It's sweet and there's acidity and depth of flavour and it's clean, you drink it and you get the full flavour but there's no lingering aftertaste.
(5) In my opinion, it has a dry, tinny, bitter aftertaste.
(6) And while I am thrilled that a percentage of these funds goes towards research, I can't get rid of this foul aftertaste.
(7) You'll unwillingly savour it all, and the aftertaste will linger on your mind's tongue for several hours afterwards.
(8) The crickets had a slightly fishy aftertaste and the buffalo worms a metallic one.
(9) Zero Dark Thirty slakes a thirst for vengeance and leaves an aftertaste of gall.
(10) Six users of zinc reported nausea (versus no placebo users), and eight reported an unpleasant taste or aftertaste (versus one placebo user).
(11) It is widely accepted within rail industry circles that a renegotiation of the west coast franchise in 2006 left a bitter aftertaste for some at the DfT.
(12) It left a bitter aftertaste and the new project has had to work hard to rebuild people’s trust that windpower could serve the needs of the community rather than major commercial developers.
(13) Google prides itself on being a company of engineers, and – despite all its bells and whistles – the Nexus One still leaves behind an aftertaste of nerdiness.
(14) Blends of this dipeptide with (i) sodium saccharin, (ii) sodium saccharin and sucrose, and (iii) sodium saccharin, sucrose, and calcium cyclamate did not differ significantly from 4 or 12 percent sucrose in bitterness, off-flavors, or aftertaste.
(15) The proteins monellin and thaumatin, as well as the chalcone glycoside, neohesperidin dihydrochalcone, all have long aftertastes and thus tended to fall proximate to one another.
(16) On 'Pinktober': While I support awareness initiatives, especially for serious illnesses, breast cancer awareness month here in the US has a slightly foul aftertaste of what we call a Hallmark holiday.
(17) Benignly billed as a “memoir”, it leaves a sense of grubby prurience, of things one would wish to but can never un-know and a bitter aftertaste.
(18) On the other hand, Cantor's lack of personal charm probably didn't mean much in terms of the race – though you can see how years of terse brush-offs to reporters has already given the coverage a particularly giddy aftertaste.
(19) Xinjiang beer aficionados said the IPA’s “floral aftertaste” meant it compared favourably with the local lager, Dawusu.
(20) Our findings support anecdotal observations and claims often made by parents that cephalosporin antimicrobial suspensions taste good and are readily accepted by children and that penicillin suspensions have an unpleasant taste and aftertaste and are poorly accepted.
Foretaste
Definition:
(n.) A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation.
(v. t.) To taste before full possession; to have previous enjoyment or experience of; to anticipate.
(v. t.) To taste before another.
Example Sentences:
(1) A foretaste of discontent came when Florian Thauvin, the underachieving £13m winger signed from Marseille last summer , was serenaded with chants of ‘You’re not fit to wear the shirt” from away fans during Saturday’s FA Cup defeat at Watford .
(2) Abnormal events such as Hurricane Sandy , which cost $65bn (£40bn) and the 2011-12 US drought, which cost $35bn (£21bn) may be just foretasters of the price to be paid.
(3) Viewers in Scotland, deprived of some of its big dramas, are experiencing a foretaste of a watered-down version.
(4) The suspension of children's heart surgery at Leeds general infirmary and the subsequent battle to restart operations is a foretaste of what will become a familiar chain of events in the NHS post Mid-Staffordshire.
(5) To obtain the bailout, Hollande, who insisted he inherited the debts from the right, has had to oversee local cuts and budgetary "rigour", a foretaste, perhaps, of what is to come if he finds himself handling the country's public spending deficit.
(6) As a foretaste, discussions over the justice and home affairs opt-back-in were delayed because Spain raised objections connected to the status of Gibraltar – just the kind of tricky subject that goes unnoticed when everyone is part of the same EU and then becomes extremely awkward when someone decides unilaterally to change the rules of the game.
(7) The criticism he offered last Tuesday offers a foretaste of a line of attack against Clinton that has served him so well already in the campaign.
(8) That means unemployment is going to get a lot worse next year and today's rises are merely a foretaste of things to come.
(9) If these exchanges were any foretaste of the televised debates that will inevitably happen, they might prove to be less than enlightening.
(10) But in saying that he "expects" the two parties to campaign separately at the next general election , he was providing a foretaste of a nightmare for most of Clegg's foot soldiers – come 2015, those Lib Dem MPs who cling to their seats will do so thanks to Cameron's largesse.
(11) "Fifty years after the March on Washington and the 'I have a dream' speech, obviously we've made enormous strides," the president said on Friday, in a foretaste of his speech.
(12) If Dave was having trouble convincing Siemens of his brilliance, it was only a foretaste of the stick he will face from some of his backbenchers.
(13) A foretaste of the arguments likely to erupt came from Guthrie, who told the Guardian: "It was a totally unnecessary war.
(14) Now the facts have started to speak: 11 of the past 14 years have been the warmest on record, the Arctic ice-cap is melting and last year's inflamed oil and food prices provide a foretaste of future havoc.
(15) The brief tabloid fury that followed was a foretaste of the storm that would later break over Jonathan Ross.
(16) Yesterday's package was only a foretaste, but was nonetheless instructive, not least because easy cuts to things like IT programmes represented only a modest proportion of the total.
(17) It is a frightening foretaste of the Tory manifesto and the assault on liberty that could follow an outright Conservative win in 2015, and yet even now – under a coalition with avowed liberals – the bartering away of ancient freedoms is picking up pace, as we will see with today's crunch Commons votes on plans to plunge public courtrooms into darkness.
(18) The criticism aimed at Mark Carney, the Bank’s governor, for his comments during the Scottish and EU referendums are merely a foretaste of what it can expect if another crisis erupts in the next few years.
(19) These cries are a mere foretaste of the horrors ahead, as a close reading of the bill confirms.
(20) Scotland and north-western England are receiving a foretaste of the change, with heavy rain and thunder increasing on Tuesday, and severe weather amber alerts – meaning "be aware" – issued for the whole of Scotland and Northern Ireland.