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sourly

   Also found in: Legal, Idioms, Encyclopedia, Hutchinson 0.03 sec.
sour  (sour)
adj. sour·er, sour·est
1. Having a taste characteristic of that produced by acids; sharp, tart, or tangy.
2. Made acid or rancid by fermentation.
3. Having the characteristics of fermentation or rancidity; tasting or smelling of decay.
4.
a. Bad-tempered and morose; peevish: a sour temper.
b. Displeased with something one formerly admired or liked; disenchanted: sour on ballet.
5.
a. Not measuring up to the expected or usual ability or quality; bad.
b. Not having the correct or properly produced pitch: a sour note.
6. Of or relating to excessively acid soil that is damaging to crops.
7. Containing excessive sulfur compounds. Used of gasoline.
n.
1. The sensation of sour taste, one of the four primary tastes.
2. Something sour.
3. A mixed drink made especially with whiskey, lemon or lime juice, sugar, and sometimes soda water.
tr. & intr.v. soured, sour·ing, sours
1. To make or become sour.
2. To make or become disagreeable, disillusioned, or disenchanted.

[Middle English, from Old English sr.]

sourish adj.
sourly adv.
sourness n.
Synonyms: sour, acid, acidulous, dry, tart1
These adjectives mean having a taste like that produced by an acid: sour cider; acid, unripe grapes; an acidulous tomato; dry white wine; tart cherries.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.sourly - in a sour manner; "he complained sourly that the new rules only benefitted the managers"
Translations
sourly [ˈsaʊəlɪ] ADV
1. (= disagreeably) [say, complain, look] → agriamente; [think] → con amargura
2. to smell sourly (of sth)despedir un olor agrio(a algo)
sourly [ˈsaʊərli] adv [say] → d'un ton acerbe; [think] → amèrement; [smile] → amèrement
sourly
sourly [ˈsaʊəlɪ] adv (remark, look) → aspramente
sourly [ˈsaʊəlɪ] adv (remark, look) → aspramente


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he soliloquised in an undertone of peevish displeasure, while relieving me of my horse: looking, meantime, in my face so sourly that I charitably conjectured he must have need of divine aid to digest his dinner, and his pious ejaculation had no reference to my unexpected advent.
If the mouth has fallen sourly yours the blame: all the meannesses your youth concealed have been gathering in your face.
The lips of the lawyer twisted themselves sourly into an ironical smile.
 
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