Sour - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth (syn: sourness)
- the property of being acidic (syn: acidity, sourness)
verb
adjective
- one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons
- in an unpalatable state (syn: off, turned)
Extra examples
The milk had turned sour.
He made a sour face.
Her disposition has soured in recent years.
Jealousy has soured their relationship.
His experiences have soured him.
The team's victory was soured by an injury to one of their best players.
Rachel sampled the wine. It was sour.
Eliza was tall and thin, with a rather sour face.
As time went by, their marriage turned sour.
The meeting ended on a sour note with neither side able to reach agreement.
An unhappy childhood has soured her view of life.
What a sour face she has!
The milk has soured
...sent his girlfriend flowers as a propitiatory gesture for a date gone sour...
The wine was sour, the sheets wet, and the servants unapprehensive and impertinent.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: sour
he/she/it: sours
present participle: souring
past tense: soured
past participle: soured
comparative: sourer
superlative: sourest
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