sour

IPA: sˈaʊɝ

noun

  • The sensation of a sour taste.
  • A drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar.
  • (by extension) Any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice.
  • A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
  • The acidic solution used in souring fabric.

verb

  • (transitive) To make sour.
  • (intransitive) To become sour.
  • (transitive) To spoil or mar; to make disenchanted.
  • (intransitive) To become disenchanted.
  • (transitive) To make (soil) cold and unproductive.
  • To macerate (lime) and render it fit for plaster or mortar.
  • (transitive) To process (fabric) after bleaching, using hydrochloric acid or sulphuric acid to wash out the lime.

adjective

  • Having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste.
  • Made rancid by fermentation, etc.
  • Tasting or smelling rancid.
  • (of a person's character) Peevish or bad-tempered.
  • Excessively acidic and thus infertile. (of soil)
  • Containing excess sulfur. (of petroleum)
  • Unfortunate or unfavorable.
  • (music) Off-pitch, out of tune.
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Examples of "sour" in Sentences

  • The grapes are sour.
  • The taste of this is mildly sour.
  • The woman pondered the sour news.
  • Pitta is unctuous, hot, liquid and sour.
  • There is no list of the sour flavor of the jelly beans.
  • The dedication was revoked and the relationship soured.
  • The more sugar is added, the less sour the result tastes.
  • In fact, it's soured and stuck to the bottom of the carton.
  • The flavor is described as somewhere between tangy and sour.
  • The sherbet lemon has a citrus taste and is sour and also tangy.

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