English dictionary
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English adjective: sour | |||
| 1. | sour smelling of fermentation or staleness | ||
| Synonyms | rancid | ||
| Similar | ill-smelling, malodorous, malodourous, stinky, unpleasant-smelling | ||
| Antonyms | fragrant | ||
| 2. | sour having a sharp biting taste | ||
| Similar | acerb, acerbic, acetose, acetous, acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulous, astringent, lemonlike, lemony, sourish, subacid, tangy, tart, vinegarish, vinegary | ||
| See also | dry, soured, tasty | ||
| Antonyms | sweet | ||
| 3. | sour one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons | ||
| Similar | tasty | ||
| Antonyms | tasteless | ||
| 4. | sour in an unpalatable state | ||
| Samples | Sour milk. | ||
| Synonyms | off, turned | ||
| Similar | soured | ||
| Antonyms | unsoured | ||
| 5. | sour inaccurate in pitch | ||
| Samples | A false (or sour) note. Her singing was off key. | ||
| Synonyms | false, off-key | ||
| Similar | inharmonious, unharmonious | ||
| Antonyms | harmonious | ||
| 6. | sour showing a brooding ill humor | ||
| Samples | 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. A sour temper. A sullen crowd. | ||
| Synonyms | dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sullen | ||
| Similar | ill-natured | ||
| Antonyms | good-natured | ||
English noun: sour | |||
| 1. | sour (food) a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cocktail | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | whiskey sour, whisky sour | ||
| 2. | sour (cognition) the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth | ||
| Synonyms | sourness, tartness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, taste, taste perception, taste sensation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | acidity, acidulousness | ||
| 3. | sour (attribute) the property of being acidic | ||
| Synonyms | acidity, sourness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | taste property | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | acerbity, tartness, vinegariness, vinegarishness | ||
English verb: sour | |||
| 1. | sour (change) go sour or spoil | ||
| Samples | The milk has soured. The wine worked. The cream has turned--we have to throw it out. | ||
| Synonyms | ferment, turn, work | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change state, turn | ||
| Verb group | ferment, work | ||
| 2. | sour (perception) make sour or more sour | ||
| Synonyms | acetify, acidify, acidulate | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change taste | ||
| Antonyms | dulcify, dulcorate, edulcorate, sweeten | ||
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