1. (adj)
sour, rancid
smelling of fermentation or staleness
2. (adj)
sour
having a sharp biting taste
3. (adj)
sour
one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons
4. (adj)
off, sour, turned
in an unpalatable state
"sour milk"
5. (adj)
false, off-key, sour
inaccurate in pitch
"a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key"
6. (adj)
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"
7. (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"
8. (verb)
sour, acidify, acidulate, acetify
make sour or more sour
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Definition of 'sour'
