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sour Definition
(a)
having
a
sharp
biting
taste
(n)
a
cocktail
made
of
a
liquor
(
especially
whiskey
or
gin
)
mixed
with
lemon
or
lime
juice
and
sugar
(n)
the
taste
experience
when
vinegar
or
lemon
juice
is
taken
into
the
mouth
(n)
the
property
of
being
acidic
(s)
smelling
of
fermentation
or
staleness
(s)
one
of
the
four
basic
taste
sensations
;
like
the
taste
of
vinegar
or
lemons
(s)
in
an
unpalatable
state
; "
sour
milk
"
(s)
inaccurate
in
pitch
; "
a
false
(
or
sour
)
note
"; "
her
singing
was
off
key
"
(s)
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
(v)
go
sour
or
spoil
; "
The
milk
has
soured
"; "
The
wine
worked
"; "
The
cream
has
turned
--
we
have
to
throw
it
out
"
(v)
make
sour
or
more
sour
sour Synonyms
acetify
acidify
acidity
acidulate
dark
dour
false
ferment
glowering
glum
moody
morose
off
off-key
rancid
saturnine
sour
sourness
sullen
tartness
turn
turned
work
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