Explanation and meaning of sour.

sour

/saʊr/

adjective
inaccurate in pitch
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"a false (or sour) note"

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false off-key unharmonious inharmonious
adjective
smelling of fermentation or staleness
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rancid stinky ill-smelling unpleasant-smelling malodorous malodourous
noun
the property of being acidic
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acidity sourness

type of:
taste property
adjective
showing a brooding ill humor
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"a sour temper"

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dark dour glowering glum moody morose saturnine sullen ill-natured
adjective
in an unpalatable state
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"sour milk"

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off turned soured
verb
go sour or spoil
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"The milk has soured"

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ferment turn work

type of:
turn change state
noun
the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
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sourness tartness

type of:
taste sensation gustatory sensation gustatory perception taste perception taste
verb
make sour or more sour
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Similar:

acetify acidify acidulate

Opposite:

sweeten

type of:
change taste
noun
a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar
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type of:
cocktail
adjective
having a sharp biting taste
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Similar:

vinegary acerb acerbic acetose acetous acid acidic acidulent acidulous astringent lemonlike lemony sourish subacid tangy tart vinegarish

Opposite:

sweet
adjective
one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons
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Similar:

tasty

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