Definitions of Sour [ʊ^ər, ˈsaʊ ər]

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Definition of 'Sour'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) sour
having an acid taste resembling that of vinegar or lemon juice; tart.

2.  sour
rendered acid or affected by fermentation; fermented.

3.  sour
producing the one of the four basic taste sensations that is not bitter, salt, or sweet.

4.  sour
characteristic of something fermented:
a sour smell.

5.  sour
distasteful or disagreeable; unpleasant.

6.  sour
cross; peevish:
a sour expression.

7.  sour
(of soil) having excessive acidity.

8.  sour
(esp. of gasoline) contaminated by sulfur compounds.

9.  sour
off-pitch; badly produced:
a sour note.

10. (n.) sour
something that is sour.

11.  sour
a cocktail of whiskey, lime or lemon juice, sugar, and sometimes soda.

12.  sour
an acid or an acidic substance used in laundering and bleaching to neutralize alkalis and to decompose residual soap or bleach.

13. (v.i.) sour
to become sour, rancid, etc.; spoil.

14.  sour
(of relations) to become unpleasant or strained.

15.  sour
to become bitter or disillusioned.

16. (v.t.) sour
to make sour.

17.  sour
to cause spoilage in; rot.

18.  sour
to make bitter or disillusioned.

Definition of 'Sour'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) sour
a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar

2. (noun) sour, sourness, tartness
the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth

3. (adj) sourness, sour, acidity
the property of being acidic

4. (adj) sour, rancid
smelling of fermentation or staleness

5. (adj) sour
having a sharp biting taste

6. (adj) sour
one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons

7. (adj) off, sour, turned
in an unpalatable state
"sour milk"

8. (adj) false, off-key, sour
inaccurate in pitch
"a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key"

9. (verb) dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen
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"

10. (verb) sour, turn, ferment, work
go sour or spoil
"The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out"

11. (verb) sour, acidify, acidulate, acetify
make sour or more sour

Definition of 'Sour'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) sour
≠ sweet
These apples are a little too sour for eating.

2. sour
(of milk) no longer fresh enough to drink; = fresh
***The milk went sour.

3. sour
bad-tempered and resentful
a sour old man

Definition of 'Sour'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Sour
a sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect

2.  Sour
having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart

3.  Sour
changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or musty, turned

4.  Sour
disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish; morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply

5.  Sour
afflictive; painful

6.  Sour
cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh

7. (verb) Sour
to cause to become sour; to cause to turn from sweet to sour; as, exposure to the air sours many substances

8. (verb) Sour
to make cold and unproductive, as soil

9. (verb) Sour
to make unhappy, uneasy, or less agreeable

10. (verb) Sour
to cause or permit to become harsh or unkindly

11. (verb) Sour
to macerate, and render fit for plaster or mortar; as, to sour lime for business purposes

12. (verb) Sour
to become sour; to turn from sweet to sour; as, milk soon sours in hot weather; a kind temper sometimes sours in adversity

Translation of 'Sour'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: having a taste or smell similar in nature to that of lemon juice or vinegar Unripe apples are/taste very sour.
Afrikaans: suur	Arabic: حامِض	Bulgarian: кисел
Brazilian: azedo	Czech: kyselý	German: sauer
Danish: sur	Greek: ξινός	Spanish: agrio,ácido, amargo
Estonian: hapu	Farsi: ترش	Finnish: hapan
French: sur, acide	Hebrew: חָמוּץ	Hindi: खट्टा
Croatian: kiseo, trpak	Hungarian: savanyú	Indonesian: masam
Icelandic: súr	Italian: agro, aspro	Japanese: すっぱい
Korean: 신	Lithuanian: rūgštus	Latvian: skābs
Malay: masam	Dutch: zuur	Norwegian: sur
Polish: kwaśny	Persian: ترش	Pashto: ترش
Portuguese: amargo	Romanian: acid, acru	Russian: кислый
Slovak: kyslý	Slovenian: kisel	Serbian: kiseo
Swedish: sur, syrlig	Thai: เปรี้ยว	Turkish: ekşi
Taiwanese: 酸的	Ukrainian: кислий	Urdu: کھٹّا
Vietnamese: chua, có vị giấm	Chinese: 酸的
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