sourly

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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.

a. Bad-tempered and morose; peevish: a sour temper.

b. Displeased with something one formerly admired or liked; disenchanted: sour on ballet.

a. Not measuring up to the expected or usual ability or quality; bad: a sour performance of the play.

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.

a. Containing excessive levels of sulfur compounds, carbon dioxide, or both. Used of oil and natural gas.

b. Containing excessive levels of peroxides. Used of gasoline.

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 sūr.]

sour′ish adj.

sour′ly adv.

sour′ness n.

Synonyms: sour, acerbic, acid, acidic, tart¹
These adjectives mean having a taste like that produced by an acid: sour lemons; an acerbic vinegar; the acid taste of guavas; a lightly acidic coffee; tart cherries.

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Adv.

sourly - in a sour manner; "he complained sourly that the new rules only benefitted the managers"

Translations

بِفَظاظَه، بِحُموضَه

kysele

sauer

savanyúan

fÿlulega

stizzosamente

huysuzlukla

发酸地

sourly

[ˈsaʊəlɪ] ADV

1. (= disagreeably) [say, complain, look] → agriamente; [think] → con amargura

2. to smell sourly (of sth) → despedir un olor agrio (a algo)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sourly

[ˈsaʊə^rli] adv [say] → d'un ton acerbe; [think] → amèrement; [smile] → amèrement

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

sourly

adv (fig) → verdrießlich, griesgrämig

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

sourly

[ˈsaʊəlɪ] adv (remark, look) → aspramente

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

sour

(ˈsauə) adjective

1. having a taste or smell similar in nature to that of lemon juice or vinegar. Unripe apples are/taste very sour.

2. having a similar taste as a stage in going bad. sour milk.

3. (of a person, his character etc) discontented, bad-tempered or disagreeable. She was looking very sour this morning.

verb

to make or become sour.

ˈsourly adverb

ˈsourness noun

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"I don't believe it!" said Mary sourly. "You just say that to make people sorry.

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If the mouth has fallen sourly yours the blame: all the meannesses your youth concealed have been gathering in your face.

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The Templar smiled sourly as he replied, ``Beshrew thee for a false-hearted liar!'' and passing onward, as if disdaining farther conference, he communed with his Moslem slaves in a language unknown to the bystanders.

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"Oh, thanks," said Aunt Atossa sourly. "I never fancy your mother's jelly -- she always makes it too sweet.

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The lips of the lawyer twisted themselves sourly into an ironical smile.

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"Well, you won't--after you've done it once," predicted Nancy, sourly.

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Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly kind companion; and so let all young persons take their choice.

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"You must remember," said Summerlee, sourly, "that I have a large class in London who are at present at the mercy of an extremely inefficient locum tenens.

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When Robin saw this train drawing near, with flash of jewels and silk and jingle of silver bells on the trappings of the nags, he looked sourly upon them.

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He rolled, at a rough estimate, thirty grains of quinine in a cigarette paper, regarded the result sourly for a moment, then swallowed it at a gulp.

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"You'd better leave Big Alec alone," Carmintel said, rather sourly, to Charley that night.

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He could not or would not take the trouble to characterize for me the appearance of that man now officially a criminal (we had gone across the road for a drink) but told me with a sourly, derisive snigger that, after the sentence had been pronounced the fellow clung to the dock long enough to make a sort of protest.