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Sour

noun
/ˈsaʊə/
Word Frequency: 3.8

Definitions

1.nounThe sensation of a sour taste.
2.nounA drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar.
3.noun(by extension) Any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice.
4.nounA sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
5.nounThe acidic solution used in souring fabric.
6.verbTo make sour.
"Too much lemon juice will sour the recipe."
7.verbTo become sour.
8.verbTo spoil or mar; to make disenchanted.
9.verbTo become disenchanted.
"We broke up after our relationship soured."
10.verbTo make (soil) cold and unproductive.
11.verbTo macerate (lime) and render it fit for plaster or mortar.
12.verbTo process (fabric) after bleaching, using hydrochloric acid or sulphuric acid to wash out the lime.
13.adjectiveHaving an acidic, sharp or tangy taste.
"Lemons have a sour taste."
14.adjectiveMade rancid by fermentation, etc.
"Don't drink that milk; it's turned sour."
15.adjectiveTasting or smelling rancid.
"His sour breath makes it unpleasing to talk to him."
16.adjective(of a person's character) Peevish or bad-tempered.
"He gave me a sour look."
17.adjective(of soil) Excessively acidic and thus infertile.
"a sour marsh"
18.adjective(of petroleum) Containing excess sulfur.
"sour gas smells like rotten eggs"
19.adjectiveUnfortunate or unfavorable.
20.adjectiveOff-pitch, out of tune.

Synonyms

rancidtarttartnessacerbacerbicsullenmorosesaturnineglummoodyill-natureddour

Antonyms

sweet

Rhymes With

glowerdourlourpowerempowerscourbowertower
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