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af•ter•taste
Pronunciation: (af'tur-tāst", äf'-), [key]—
n.
1. a taste remaining after the substance causing it is no longer in the mouth.
2. the remaining sensation following an unpleasant experience, incident, etc.:
the aftertaste of a bad marriage. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.