ALL meanings of sour
sour
S s - adjective sour taste: acidic 1
- adjective sour milk: bad 1
- adjective sour bitter, resentful 1
- intransitive verb sour milk: turn bad 1
- transitive verb sour spoil, turn bad 1
- intransitive verb sour friendship, etc: turn bad 1
- transitive verb sour embitter 1
- adjective sour having an acid taste, resembling that of vinegar, lemon juice, etc.; tart. 1
- adjective sour rendered acid or affected by fermentation; fermented. 1
- adjective sour producing the one of the four basic taste sensations that is not bitter, salt, or sweet. 1
- adjective sour characteristic of something fermented: a sour smell. 1
- adjective sour distasteful or disagreeable; unpleasant. 1
- adjective sour below standard; poor. 1
- adjective sour harsh in spirit or temper; austere; morose; peevish. 1
- adjective sour Agriculture. (of soil) having excessive acidity. 1
- adjective sour (of gasoline or the like) contaminated by sulfur compounds. 1
- adjective sour Music. off-pitch; badly produced: a sour note. 1
- noun sour something that is sour. 1
- noun sour any of various cocktails consisting typically of whiskey or gin with lemon or lime juice and sugar and sometimes soda water, often garnished with a slice of orange, a maraschino cherry, or both. 1
- noun sour an acid or an acidic substance used in laundering and bleaching to neutralize alkalis and to decompose residual soap or bleach. 1
- verb without object sour to become sour, rancid, mildewed, etc.; spoil: Milk sours quickly in warm weather. The laundry soured before it was ironed. 1
- verb without object sour to become unpleasant or strained; worsen; deteriorate: Relations between the two countries have soured. 1
- verb without object sour to become bitter, disillusioned, or disinterested: I guess I soured when I learned he was married. My loyalty soured after his last book. 1
- verb without object sour Agriculture. (of soil) to develop excessive acidity. 1
- verb with object sour to make sour; cause sourness in: What do they use to sour the mash? 1
- verb with object sour to cause spoilage in; rot: Defective cartons soured the apples. 1
- verb with object sour to make bitter, disillusioned, or disagreeable: One misadventure needn't have soured him. That swindle soured a great many potential investors. 1
- adjective sour Something that is sour has a sharp, unpleasant taste like the taste of a lemon. 0
- adjective sour Sour milk is milk that has an unpleasant taste because it is no longer fresh. 0
- adjective sour Someone who is sour is bad-tempered and unfriendly. 0
- adjective sour If a situation or relationship turns sour or goes sour, it stops being enjoyable or satisfactory. 0
- verb sour If a friendship, situation, or attitude sours or if something sours it, it becomes less friendly, enjoyable, or hopeful. 0
- adjective sour having or denoting a sharp biting taste like that of lemon juice or vinegar 0
- adjective sour made acid or bad, as in the case of milk or alcohol, by the action of microorganisms 0
- adjective sour having a rancid or unwholesome smell 0
- adjective sour (of a person's temperament) sullen, morose, or disagreeable 0
- adjective sour (esp of the weather or climate) harsh and unpleasant 0
- adjective sour disagreeable; distasteful 0
- adjective sour (of land, etc) lacking in fertility, esp due to excessive acidity 0
- adjective sour (of oil, gas, or petrol) containing a relatively large amount of sulphur compounds 0
- noun sour something sour 0
- noun sour any of several iced drinks usually made with spirits, lemon juice, and ice 0
- noun sour an acid used in laundering and bleaching clothes or in curing animal skins 0
- verb sour to make or become sour 0
- adjective sour having the sharp, acid taste of lemon juice, vinegar, green fruit, etc. 0
- adjective sour made acid or rank by or as by fermentation 0
- adjective sour cross, bad-tempered, peevish, morose, etc. 0
- adjective sour ill-disposed and bitter 0
- adjective sour below what is usual or normal; poor; bad 0
- adjective sour distasteful or unpleasant 0