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sour

(sour)

adj. sour·er, sour·est

1. Having a taste characteristic of that produced by acids; sharp, tart, or tangy.

2. Made acid or rancid by fermentation.

3. Having the characteristics of fermentation or rancidity; tasting or smelling of decay.

a. Bad-tempered and morose; peevish: a sour temper.

b. Displeased with something one formerly admired or liked; disenchanted: sour on ballet.

a. Not measuring up to the expected or usual ability or quality; bad: a sour performance of the play.

b. Not having the correct or properly produced pitch: a sour note.

6. Of or relating to excessively acid soil that is damaging to crops.

a. Containing excessive levels of sulfur compounds, carbon dioxide, or both. Used of oil and natural gas.

b. Containing excessive levels of peroxides. Used of gasoline.

1. The sensation of sour taste, one of the four primary tastes.

2. Something sour.

3. A mixed drink made especially with whiskey, lemon or lime juice, sugar, and sometimes soda water.

tr. & intr.v. soured, sour·ing, sours

1. To make or become sour.

2. To make or become disagreeable, disillusioned, or disenchanted.

[Middle English, from Old English sūr.]

sour′ish adj.

sour′ly adv.

sour′ness n.

Synonyms: sour, acerbic, acid, acidic, tart¹
These adjectives mean having a taste like that produced by an acid: sour lemons; an acerbic vinegar; the acid taste of guavas; a lightly acidic coffee; tart cherries.

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sour

(ˈsaʊə)

adj

1. having or denoting a sharp biting taste like that of lemon juice or vinegar. Compare bitter¹

2. (Brewing) made acid or bad, as in the case of milk or alcohol, by the action of microorganisms

3. having a rancid or unwholesome smell

4. (of a person's temperament) sullen, morose, or disagreeable

5. (Physical Geography) (esp of the weather or climate) harsh and unpleasant

6. disagreeable; distasteful: a sour experience.

7. (Agriculture) (of land, etc) lacking in fertility, esp due to excessive acidity

8. (Chemistry) (of oil, gas, or petrol) containing a relatively large amount of sulphur compounds

9. go sour turn sour to become unfavourable or inharmonious: his marriage went sour.

10. something sour

11. (Brewing) chiefly US any of several iced drinks usually made with spirits, lemon juice, and ice: a whiskey sour.

12. (Tanning) an acid used in laundering and bleaching clothes or in curing animal skins

[Old English sūr; related to Old Norse sūrr, Lithuanian suras salty, Old Slavonic syrŭ wet, raw, surovu green, raw, Sanskrit surā brandy]

ˈsourish adj

ˈsourishly adv

ˈsourly adv

ˈsourness n

Sour

(sʊə)

(Placename) a variant spelling of Sur

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sour

(saʊ^ər, ˈsaʊ ər)

adj. sour•er, sour•est,
n., v. adj.

1. having an acid taste resembling that of vinegar or lemon juice; tart.

2. rendered acid or affected by fermentation; fermented.

3. producing the one of the four basic taste sensations that is not bitter, salt, or sweet.

4. characteristic of something fermented: a sour smell.

5. distasteful or disagreeable; unpleasant.

6. cross; peevish: a sour expression.

7. (of soil) having excessive acidity.

8. (esp. of gasoline) contaminated by sulfur compounds.

9. off-pitch; badly produced: a sour note.

10. something that is sour.

11. a cocktail of whiskey, lime or lemon juice, sugar, and sometimes soda.

12. an acid or an acidic substance used in laundering and bleaching to neutralize alkalis and to decompose residual soap or bleach.

v.i.

13. to become sour, rancid, etc.; spoil.

14. (of relations) to become unpleasant or strained.

15. to become bitter or disillusioned.

v.t.

16. to make sour.

17. to cause spoilage in; rot.

18. to make bitter or disillusioned.

Idioms: Informal.

1. go sour, to become unsatisfactory; fail: a marriage gone sour.

2. go sour on, to become estranged from; turn against: He went sour on his family.

[before 1000; Old English sūr (orig. adj.), c. Old High German sūr, Old Norse sūrr]

sour′ish, adj.

sour′ly, adv.

sour′ness, n.

sour

Past participle: soured
Gerund: souring

Imperative
sour
sour

Present
I sour
you sour
he/she/it sours
we sour
you sour
they sour

Preterite
I soured
you soured
he/she/it soured
we soured
you soured
they soured

Present Continuous
I am souring
you are souring
he/she/it is souring
we are souring
you are souring
they are souring

Present Perfect
I have soured
you have soured
he/she/it has soured
we have soured
you have soured
they have soured

Past Continuous
I was souring
you were souring
he/she/it was souring
we were souring
you were souring
they were souring

Past Perfect
I had soured
you had soured
he/she/it had soured
we had soured
you had soured
they had soured

Future
I will sour
you will sour
he/she/it will sour
we will sour
you will sour
they will sour

Future Perfect
I will have soured
you will have soured
he/she/it will have soured
we will have soured
you will have soured
they will have soured

Future Continuous
I will be souring
you will be souring
he/she/it will be souring
we will be souring
you will be souring
they will be souring

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been souring
you have been souring
he/she/it has been souring
we have been souring
you have been souring
they have been souring

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been souring
you will have been souring
he/she/it will have been souring
we will have been souring
you will have been souring
they will have been souring

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been souring
you had been souring
he/she/it had been souring
we had been souring
you had been souring
they had been souring

Conditional
I would sour
you would sour
he/she/it would sour
we would sour
you would sour
they would sour

Past Conditional
I would have soured
you would have soured
he/she/it would have soured
we would have soured
you would have soured
they would have soured

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	sour - a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar cocktail - a short mixed drink whiskey sour, whisky sour - a sour made with whiskey
	2.	sour - the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth sourness, tartness gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, taste, taste perception, taste sensation - the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus; "the candy left him with a bad taste"; "the melon had a delicious taste" acidulousness, acidity - the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth
	3.	sour - the property of being acidic acidity, sourness taste property - a property appreciated via the sense of taste acerbity, tartness - a sharp sour taste vinegariness, vinegarishness - a sourness resembling that of vinegar
Verb	1.	sour - go sour or spoil; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out" ferment, turn, work change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" ferment, work - cause to undergo fermentation; "We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content"; "The vintner worked the wine in big oak vats"
	2.	sour - make sour or more sour acetify, acidify, acidulate change taste - alter the flavor of dulcify, dulcorate, edulcorate, sweeten - make sweeter in taste
Adj.	1.	sour - smelling of fermentation or staleness rancid ill-smelling, malodorous, malodourous, stinky, unpleasant-smelling - having an unpleasant smell
	2.	sour - having a sharp biting taste dry - (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation; "a dry white burgundy"; "a dry Bordeaux" soured - having turned bad tasty - pleasing to the sense of taste; "a tasty morsel" sweet - having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
	3.	sour - one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons tasty - pleasing to the sense of taste; "a tasty morsel"
	4.	sour - in an unpalatable state; "sour milk" turned, off soured - having turned bad
	5.	sour - inaccurate in pitch; "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key" off-key, false inharmonious, unharmonious - not in harmony
	6.	sour - showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd" glowering, moody, morose, sullen, saturnine, glum, dour, dark ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition

sour

adjective

1. sharp, acid, tart, bitter, unpleasant, pungent, acetic, acidulated, acerb The stewed apple was sour even with honey.
sharp sweet, sugary, pleasant, mild, bland, agreeable, savoury

2. rancid, turned, gone off, fermented, unsavoury, curdled, unwholesome, gone bad, off tiny fridges full of sour milk
rancid fresh, unspoiled, unimpaired

3. bitter, cynical, crabbed, tart, discontented, grudging, acrimonious, embittered, disagreeable, churlish, ill-tempered, jaundiced, waspish, grouchy (informal), ungenerous, peevish, ill-natured He became a sour, lonely old man.
bitter pleasant, good-humoured, amiable, friendly, genial, affable, congenial, good-natured, good-tempered, warm-hearted

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sour

adjective

1. Having a taste characteristic of that produced by acids:

2. Having a noticeably sharp pungent taste or smell:

3. Broodingly and sullenly unhappy:

4. Not in accordance with what is usual or expected:

verb

To make or become bitter:

Translations

حَامِضحامِضشَكِس، فَظماضِر، مُحَمِّضيُحَمِّض

kyselýmrzutýokyselitzkysaný

surblive surgøre sur

acida

hapu

hapan

kiseo

besavanyodottmegsavanyítsavanyítsavanyú

súrsÿra; gera súranfÿldur, úrillur

酸っぱい

신

rūgščiairūgštumassurūgęs

sapīcissaskābisskābensskābētskābs

acru

okysliťskysnutý

kiselskisati se

sur

มีรสเปรี้ยว

chua

sour

[ˈsaʊəʳ]

A. ADJ (sourer (compar) (sourest (superl)))

D. CPD sour cream N → nata f or (LAm) crema f agria

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sour

[ˈsaʊə^r] adj

(= embittered) [person, expression, face, look] → acerbe, aigre
to go sour, to turn sour [relationship, plans] → mal tourner

sour

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sour

[ˈsaʊəʳ] adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl))) (gen) → aspro/a, agro/a; (milk) (fig) (person, remark) → acido/a; (smell) → acre
whisky sour cocktail di whisky al limone
to go or turn sour (milk, wine) → inacidirsi (fig) (relationship, plans) → guastarsi
it was sour grapes on his part (fig) → ha fatto come la volpe con l'uva, è stata solo invidia da parte sua
to be in a sour mood (fig) → essere di umore nero

sour

(ˈsauə) adjective

1. having a taste or smell similar in nature to that of lemon juice or vinegar. Unripe apples are/taste very sour.

2. having a similar taste as a stage in going bad. sour milk.

3. (of a person, his character etc) discontented, bad-tempered or disagreeable. She was looking very sour this morning.

verb

to make or become sour.

ˈsourly adverbˈsourness noun

sour

→ حَامِض kyselý sur sauer ξινός agrio hapan aigre kiseo agro 酸っぱい 신 zuur sur kwaśny azedo кислый sur มีรสเปรี้ยว ekşi chua 酸的