sour

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.

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[Middle English, from Old English sr.]

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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.

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sour

Adjective

1. having a sharp biting taste like the taste of lemon juice or vinegar

2. made acid or bad, such as when milk ferments

3. (of a person's mood) bad-tempered and unfriendly

4. go or turn sour to become less enjoyable or happy: the dream has turned sour

Verb

to make or become less enjoyable or friendly: relations soured shortly after the war [Old English sūr]

sourly adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sour - a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar cocktail - a short mixed drink whiskey sour, whisky sour - a sour made with whiskey
	2.	sour - the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth sourness, tartness gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, taste, taste perception, taste sensation - the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus; "the candy left him with a bad taste"; "the melon had a delicious taste" acidulousness, acidity - the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth
	3.	sour - the property of being acidic acidity, sourness taste property - a property appreciated via the sense of taste acerbity, tartness - a sharp sour taste vinegariness, vinegarishness - a sourness resembling that of vinegar
Verb	1.	sour - go sour or spoil; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out" ferment, turn, work change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" ferment, work - cause to undergo fermentation; "We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content"; "The vintner worked the wine in big oak vats"
	2.	sour - make sour or more sour acetify, acidify, acidulate change taste - alter the flavor of dulcify, dulcorate, edulcorate, sweeten - make sweeter in taste
Adj.	1.	sour - smelling of fermentation or staleness rancid ill-smelling, malodorous, malodourous, stinky, unpleasant-smelling - having an unpleasant smell
	2.	sour - having a sharp biting taste dry - (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation; "a dry white burgundy"; "a dry Bordeaux" soured - having turned bad tasty - pleasing to the sense of taste; "a tasty morsel" sweet - having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
	3.	sour - one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons tasty - pleasing to the sense of taste; "a tasty morsel"
	4.	sour - in an unpalatable state; "sour milk" turned, off soured - having turned bad
	5.	sour - inaccurate in pitch; "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key" off-key, false inharmonious, unharmonious - not in harmony
	6.	sour - 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" glowering, moody, morose, sullen, saturnine, glum, dour, dark ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition

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sour

adjective 1. sharp, acid, tart, bitter, unpleasant, pungent, acetic, acidulated, acerb << OPPOSITE sweet

adjective 2. rancid, turned, gone off, fermented, unsavoury, curdled, unwholesome, gone bad, off << OPPOSITE fresh

adjective 3. bitter, cynical, crabbed, tart, discontented, grudging, acrimonious, embittered, disagreeable, churlish, ill-tempered, jaundiced, waspish, grouchy (informal) ungenerous, peevish, ill-natured << OPPOSITE good-natured

verb 4. embitter, disenchant, alienate, envenom

Translations

sour [ˈsauəʳ] adj → agrio; [milk] → cortado;

it's just sour grapes! (fig) → ¡pura envidia!, ¡están verdes!;

to go or turn sour [milk] → cortarse; [wine] → agriarse;

(fig) [relationship] → agriarse: [plans] → irse a pique

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sour [ˈsauəʳ] adj → aigre, acide; [milk] → tourné(e) → aigre (fig); acerbe, aigre; revêche;

to go or turn sour [milk, wine] → tourner (fig) [relationship, plans] → mal tourner;

it's sour grapes → c'est du dépit

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sour [ˈsauəʳ] adj → sauer (fig) (bad-tempered) → säuerlich;

to go or turn sour (milk, wine) → sauer werden (fig) (relationship) → sich trüben;

it's sour grapes (fig) → die Trauben hängen zu hoch

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sour [ˈsauəʳ] adj → aspro/a; [fruit] → acerbo/a; [milk] → acido/a, fermentato/a;

(fig) → acido/a;

to go or turn sour [milk, wine] → inacidirsi;

(fig) [relationship, plans] → guastarsi;

it's sour grapes (fig) → è soltanto invidia