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Detailed Synonyms for sour in English

sour:

sour adj

  1. sour
    sour; bitter
  2. sour
    – smelling of fermentation or staleness 1
    sour; rancid
    – smelling of fermentation or staleness 1
  3. sour
    – showing a brooding ill humor 1
    sour; moody; dark; sullen; glum; dour; morose; glowering; saturnine
    – showing a brooding ill humor 1
    • sour adj
      • a sour temper1
    • moody adj
      • he sat in moody silence1
    • dark adj
      • a dark scowl1
    • sullen adj
      • a sullen crowd1
    • glum adj
      • a glum, hopeless shrug1
    • dour adj
      • the proverbially dour New England Puritan1
    • morose adj
      • a morose and unsociable manner1
    • glowering adj
    • saturnine adj
      • a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius1
  4. sour
    – inaccurate in pitch 1
    sour; false; off-key
    – inaccurate in pitch 1
    • sour adj
      • a false (or sour) note1
    • false adj
      • a false (or sour) note1
    • off-key adj
  5. sour
    – having a sharp biting taste 1
    sour
    – having a sharp biting taste 1
  6. sour
    – in an unpalatable state 1
    off; sour; turned
    – in an unpalatable state 1
  7. sour
    – one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons 1
    sour
    – one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons 1

to sour verb (sours, soured, souring)

  1. to sour
    to turn sour; get acid; to sour; to make sour
    • turn sour verb (turns sour, turned sour, turning sour)
    • get acid verb
    • sour verb (sours, soured, souring)
    • make sour verb (makes sour, made sour, making sour)
  2. to sour
    to acidify; to sour; to make sour
    • acidify verb (acidifies, acidified, acidifying)
    • sour verb (sours, soured, souring)
    • make sour verb (makes sour, made sour, making sour)
  3. to sour
    to sour; to become bitter
    • sour verb (sours, soured, souring)
    • become bitter verb (becomes bitter, becoming bitter)
  4. to sour
    to embitter; to turn; to sour
    • embitter verb (embitters, embittered, embittering)
    • turn verb (turns, turned, turning)
    • sour verb (sours, soured, souring)
  5. to sour
    – go sour or spoil 1
    to work; to turn; to sour; to ferment
    – go sour or spoil 1
    • work verb (works, worked, working)
      • The wine worked1
    • turn verb (turns, turned, turning)
      • The cream has turned--we have to throw it out1
    • sour verb (sours, soured, souring)
      • The milk has soured1
    • ferment verb (ferments, fermented, fermenting)
  6. to sour
    – make sour or more sour 1
    to sour; to acidify; acetify; acidulate
    – make sour or more sour 1

Conjugations for sour:

present
  1. sour
  2. sour
  3. sours
  4. sour
  5. sour
  6. sour
simple past
  1. soured
  2. soured
  3. soured
  4. soured
  5. soured
  6. soured
present perfect
  1. have soured
  2. have soured
  3. has soured
  4. have soured
  5. have soured
  6. have soured
past continuous
  1. was souring
  2. were souring
  3. was souring
  4. were souring
  5. were souring
  6. were souring
future
  1. shall sour
  2. will sour
  3. will sour
  4. shall sour
  5. will sour
  6. will sour
continuous present
  1. am souring
  2. are souring
  3. is souring
  4. are souring
  5. are souring
  6. are souring
subjunctive
  1. be soured
  2. be soured
  3. be soured
  4. be soured
  5. be soured
  6. be soured
diverse
  1. sour!
  2. let's sour!
  3. soured
  4. souring
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

sour [the ~] noun

  1. the sour
    – the property of being acidic 1
    the sour; the acidity; the sourness
    – the property of being acidic 1
  2. the sour
    – the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth 1
    the sour; the tartness; the sourness
    – the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth 1
  3. the sour
    – a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar 1
    the sour
    – a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar 1

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Related Definitions for "sour":

  1. smelling of fermentation or staleness1
  2. showing a brooding ill humor1
    • a sour temper1
  3. inaccurate in pitch1
    • a false (or sour) note1
  4. having a sharp biting taste1
  5. in an unpalatable state1
    • sour milk1
  6. one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons1
  7. the property of being acidic1
  8. the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth1
  9. a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar1
  10. go sour or spoil1
    • The milk has soured1
  11. make sour or more sour1

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