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Sour

/ˈsaʊə/

The sensation of a sour taste.

📖 Definitions of "Sour"

noun
  1. 1

    The sensation of a sour taste.

  2. 2

    A drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar.

  3. 3

    (by extension) Any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice.

  4. 4

    A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.

verb
  1. 1

    To make sour.

    "Too much lemon juice will sour the recipe."

  2. 2

    To become sour.

  3. 3

    To spoil or mar; to make disenchanted.

  4. 4

    To become disenchanted.

    "We broke up after our relationship soured."

adjective
  1. 1

    Having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste.

    "Lemons have a sour taste."

  2. 2

    Made rancid by fermentation, etc.

    "Don't drink that milk; it's turned sour."

  3. 3

    Tasting or smelling rancid.

    "His sour breath makes it unpleasing to talk to him."

  4. 4

    (of a person's character) Peevish or bad-tempered.

    "He gave me a sour look."

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