Sour

adjective
saʊr

Adjective

  • inaccurate in pitch

    a false (or sour) note

    Similar:FalseOff-key
  • showing a brooding ill humor

    a sour temper

    Similar:DarkDourGloweringGlumMoody
  • in an unpalatable state

    sour milk

    Similar:OffTurned
  • smelling of fermentation or staleness

    Similar:Rancid
  • having a sharp biting taste

    See also:TastySouredDry
  • one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons

Noun

  • the property of being acidic

    Similar:AciditySourness
  • the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth

    Similar:SournessTartness
    Type of:Taste
  • a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar

    Type of:Cocktail

Verb

  • go sour or spoil

    The milk has soured

    Type of:Turn
  • make sour or more sour

    Similar:AcetifyAcidifyAcidulate

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