Meaning & Definition of Sour in English
English⟶
Sour
/saʊər/
noun
1. A cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar
synonym:
- sour
2. The taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
synonym:
- sour,
- sourness,
- tartness
3. The property of being acidic
synonym:
- sourness,
- sour,
- acidity
verb
1. Go sour or spoil
- "The milk has soured"
- "The wine worked"
- "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out"
synonym:
- sour,
- turn,
- ferment,
- work
2. Make sour or more sour
synonym:
- sour,
- acidify,
- acidulate,
- acetify
adjective
1. Smelling of fermentation or staleness
synonym:
- sour,
- rancid
2. Having a sharp biting taste
synonym:
- sour
3. One of the four basic taste sensations
- Like the taste of vinegar or lemons
synonym:
- sour
4. In an unpalatable state
- "Sour milk"
synonym:
- off,
- sour,
- turned
5. Inaccurate in pitch
- "A false (or sour) note"
- "Her singing was off key"
synonym:
- false,
- off-key,
- sour
6. 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"
synonym:
- dark,
- dour,
- glowering,
- glum,
- moody,
- morose,
- saturnine,
- sour,
- sullen
Examples of using
Her facial expression was more sour than a lemon.
The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
Lemons are sour.