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Q&A Using adjectives that are related to taste for describing emotions

You might have seen that most of the adjectives that are related to taste are used to describe emotions. It is very common. Salty, sour, sweet, bitter etc. We use these adjectives to describe peopl...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by Melancholy‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Jirka Hanika‭

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Using adjectives that are related to taste for describing emotions
You might have seen that most of the adjectives that are related to taste are used to describe emotions. It is very common. 

Salty, sour, sweet, bitter etc. We use these adjectives to describe people and their emotions.


How did these adjectives acquire those meanings?

Do the speakers of other languages also use such kind of adjectives?

(Sorry for not using the correct tags.)