Definitions for sour
saʊər, ˈsaʊ ərsour

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sournoun

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

2. sour, sourness, tartnessnoun

   the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth

3. sourness, sour, acidityadjective

   the property of being acidic

4. sour, rancidadjective

   smelling of fermentation or staleness

5. souradjective

   having a sharp biting taste

6. souradjective

   one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons

7. off, sour, turnedadjective

   in an unpalatable state

   "sour milk"

8. false, off-key, souradjective

   inaccurate in pitch

   "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key"

9. dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullenverb

   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. sour, turn, ferment, workverb

    go sour or spoil

    "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out"

11. sour, acidify, acidulate, acetifyverb

    make sour or more sour

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sournoun

   Any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice.

2. sourverb

   To make or become sour.

   Too much lemon juice will sour the recipe.

3. sourverb

   To become disenchanted.

   We broke up after our relationship soured.

4. souradjective

   Having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste.

   Lemons have a sour taste.

5. souradjective

   Peevish or bad-tempered.

   He gave me a sour look.

6. souradjective

   Unfortunate or unfavorable.

7. Etymology: From sour, from sur, from sūraz, from sūr-. Cognate with zuur, sauer, sur, súr.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SOURnoun

   Etymology: sur, surig , Saxon; sur, Welsh.

   1. Acid; austere; pungent on the palate with astringency, as vinegar, or unripe fruit.

   All sour things, as vinegar, provoke appetite. Francis Bacon.

   Their drink is sour. Hos. iv. 18.

   But let the bounds of licences be fix’d,
   Not things of disagreeing natures mix’d,
   Not sweet with sour, nor birds with serpents join’d. Dryden.

   2. Harsh of temper; crabbed; peevish; morose; severe.

   He was a scholar,
   Lofty and sour to them that lov’d him not. William Shakespeare, H VIII.

   A man of pleasant and popular conversation, rather free than sour and reserved. Henry Wotton, Life of the Duke of Buckingham.

   Tiberius, otherwise a very sour man, would punctually perform this rite unto others, and expect the same. Brown.

   He said a sour thing to Laura the other day. Tatler.

   Sullen and sour, with discontented mien
   Jocasta frown’d. Alexander Pope.

   3. Afflictive; painful.

   Let me embrace these sour adversities;
   For wise men say it is the wisest course. William Shakespeare, H. VI.

   4. Expressing discontent.

   The lord treasurer often looked on me with a sour countenance. Gulliver’s Travels.

2. Sournoun

   Acid substance.

   Etymology: from the adjective.

   A thousand sours to temper with one sweet,
   To make it seem more dear and dainty. Edmund Spenser.

3. To Sourverb

   1. To make acid.

   His angelick nature had none of that carnal leven which ferments to the souring of ours. Decay of Piety.

   Thus kneaded up with milk, the new made man
   His kingdom o’er his kindred world began;
   ’Till knowledge misapply’d, misunderstood,
   And pride of empire, sour’d his balmy blood. Dryden.

   One passion, with a different turn,
   Makes wit inflame or anger burn:
   So the sun’s heat, with diff’rent pow’rs,
   Ripens the grape, the liquor sours. Jonathan Swift.

   2. To make harsh.

   Tufts of grass sour land. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

   3. To make uneasy; to make less pleasing.

   Hail, great king!
   To sour your happiness, I must report
   The queen is dead. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   He brought envy, malice, and ambition into Paradise, which soured to him the sweetness of the place. Dryden.

   4. To make discontented.

   Not my own disgrace
   Hath ever made me sour my patient cheek,
   Or bend one wrinkle on my sovereign’s face. William Shakespeare.

   Three crabbed mouths had sour’d themselves to death,
   Ere I could make thee open thy white hand. William Shakespeare.

4. To Sourverb

   1. To become acid.

   Asses milk, when it sours in the stomach, and whey, turned sour, will purge strongly. John Arbuthnot, on Diet.

   2. To grow peevish or crabbed.

   They keep out melancholy from the virtuous, and hinder the hatred of vice from souring into severity. Addison.

   If I turn my eyes from them, or seem displeased, they sour upon it. Spectator.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sour

   To be sour is to evoke the taste that detects acidity.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sour

   Sour refers to something that has a taste resembling that of a lemon or vinegar, sharp and acidic. It can also describe a situation or behavior that is unpleasant or disagreeable. In general, it signifies an experience that provokes a negative, often strong, response.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sour

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

2. Sour

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

3. Sour

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

4. Sour

   afflictive; painful

5. Sour

   cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh

6. Sournoun

   a sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect

7. Sourverb

   to cause to become sour; to cause to turn from sweet to sour; as, exposure to the air sours many substances

8. Sourverb

   to make cold and unproductive, as soil

9. Sourverb

   to make unhappy, uneasy, or less agreeable

10. Sourverb

    to cause or permit to become harsh or unkindly

11. Sourverb

    to macerate, and render fit for plaster or mortar; as, to sour lime for business purposes

12. Sourverb

    to become sour; to turn from sweet to sour; as, milk soon sours in hot weather; a kind temper sometimes sours in adversity

13. Etymology: [AS. srian to sour, to become sour.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sour

   A sour is a traditional family of mixed drinks; the word itself is often used as a post-positive adjective when in the name of a drink. Common examples of sours are the margarita and the sidecar. Sours belong to one of the old families of original cocktails and are described by Jerry Thomas in his 1862 book How to Mix Drinks. Sours are mixed drinks containing a base liquor, lemon or lime juice, egg white, and a sweetener.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sour

   sowr, adj. having a pungent, acid taste: turned, as milk: rancid: crabbed or peevish in temper: bitter: cold and wet, as soil.—v.t. to make sour or acid: to make cross, peevish, or discontented.—v.i. to become sour or acid: to become peevish or crabbed.—n. Sour′-crout (see Sauer-kraut).—adj. Sour′-eyed, morose-looking.—ns. Sour′-gourd, the cream-of-tartar tree; Sour′ing, vinegar: the crab-apple: the process in bleaching fabrics that follows the treatment with bleaching-powder, consisting in treatment of the fabric with hydrochloric or sulphuric acid, so as to wash out the lime.—adj. Sour′ish, somewhat sour.—adv. Sour′ly, in a sour manner: with acidity: with acrimony: discontentedly.—ns. Sour′ness, the state of being sour: acidity: peevishness: discontent; Sour′-sop, a tree of tropical America and its fruit, closely allied to the custard-apple: (prov.) an ill-natured person. [A.S. súr; Ger. sauer, Ice. súrr.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SOUR

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sour is ranked #77788 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Sour surname appeared 246 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Sour.
   
   63% or 155 total occurrences were White.
   30% or 74 total occurrences were Asian.
   3.2% or 8 total occurrences were Black.
   2% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sour in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sour in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of sour in a Sentence

1. Tilak Doshi:

   The forceful implementation of U.S. sanctions on Venezuelan crude exports, the greater-than-expected recent Saudi crude output cut ... and the uncertainty over U.S. sanction exemptions on Iranian crude have all served to strengthen sour crudes relative to sweet benchmarks such as Brent.

2. Anna Hurning:

   Polish Your Kitchen Żurek’s sour, tangy and meaty.

3. Benton Ross:

   If it’s insensitive, then maybe they should just have thicker skin. i don’t think [Biscuit employees] meant anything sour by it or to cast a negative light on the next generation at all.

4. Ben Evans:

   Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the current short-run outlook has turned sour compared to our initial expectations at the beginning of the year, the ongoing lockdowns in Europe have already shown significant reductions in power use and industrial production across the bloc.

5. Alice May Brock:

   Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese; garlic makes it good.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sour
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sour
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=sour
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sour
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sour
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=sour
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=sour
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html