sour
adjective
1. smelling of fermentation or staleness
Similar word(s): malodorous, malodourous, stinky, rancid
2. having a sharp biting taste
Similar word(s): dry, acerb, acerbic, astringent, acetose, acetous, vinegarish, vinegary, acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulous, lemonlike, lemony, sourish, tangy, tart, subacid, soured, tasty
3. one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons
Similar word(s): tasty
4. in an unpalatable state
- sour milk
Similar word(s): soured, off, turned
5. inaccurate in pitch
- a false (or sour) note
Similar word(s): inharmonious, unharmonious, false
6. showing a brooding ill humor
- a sour temper
Similar word(s): dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sullen
Sentences with sour as an adjective:
- Lemons have a sour taste.
- He gave me a sour look.
- sour land
- a sour marsh
noun
1. a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar
Definition categories: food, cocktail
2. the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
Similar word(s): sourness, tartness
Definition categories: thought, taste
3. the property of being acidic
Similar word(s): acidity, sourness
Definition categories: attribute
verb
1. go sour or spoil
- The milk has soured
Similar word(s): ferment, turn, work
Definition categories: change, turn
2. make sour or more sour
Similar word(s): acetify, acidify, acidulate
Definition categories: perception
Sentences with sour as a verb:
- Too much lemon juice will sour the recipe.
- We broke up after our relationship soured.