Sour Meaning

There are 11 meaning(s) for word Sour

Meaning 1 : inaccurate in pitch

    Example : a false (or sour) note

    Synonyms : false,  off-key
Meaning 2 : smelling of fermentation or staleness

    Synonyms : rancid
Meaning 3 : the property of being acidic

    Synonyms : acidity,  sourness
Meaning 4 : showing a brooding ill humor

    Example : a sour temper

    Synonyms : dark,  dour,  glowering,  glum,  moody,  morose,  saturnine,  sullen
Meaning 5 : in an unpalatable state

    Example : sour milk

    Synonyms : off,  turned
Meaning 6 : go sour or spoil

    Example : The milk has soured

    Synonyms : ferment,  turn,  work
Meaning 7 : the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth

    Synonyms : sourness,  tartness
Meaning 8 : make sour or more sour

    Synonyms : acetify,  acidify,  acidulate
Meaning 9 : a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar

Meaning 10 : having a sharp biting taste

Meaning 11 : one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons

Sour Antonyms

How to Pronounce Sour

  • saʊr


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