Sour Meaning and Definition


Published: 3 years ago

Updated: 3 years ago

Reading time: 3 minutes

What is the definition Sour? What is its meaning in the dictionary? Related sentences, Words ending with Sour, Antonyms, Example sentences, Derivations, Synonyms, How to pronounce? Words starting with Sour and more...

Sour meaning

Word: Sour

How to pronounce: ˈsaʊə

Adjective

Definitions:

1. Having an acid taste like lemon or vinegar.

Example sentences: "She sampled the wine and found it was sour"

2. Feeling or expressing resentment, disappointment, or anger.

Example sentences: "She was quite a different woman from the sour, bored creature I had known"

3. (of soil) deficient in lime and usually dank.

Example sentences: "Our soil is on the sour side and lays wet in spots, as the old-timers say."

4. (of petroleum or natural gas) containing a relatively high sulfur content.

Example sentences: "This risked individuals working on the platform being exposed to the toxic gas, hydrogen sulphide and excessive quantities of sour gas being allowed into the atmosphere."

Noun

Definitions:

1. A drink made by mixing an alcoholic beverage with lemon juice or lime juice.

Example sentences: "A rum sour"

Verb

Definitions:

1. Make or become sour.

Example sentences: "Water soured with tamarind"


Synonyms:

tart

acidulous

acidic

sour cream

cream

acid

glum

saturnine

acidity

tartness

sulfurous

gloomy

dour

harsh

sullen

morose

ferment

bitter

disagreeable

dark

moody

vinegary

wrong

nasty

wicked

bad

unpalatable

unwelcome


Derivations:

soured

sourish

souring

sourness

sourly


Keep in Mind

Images related to Sour

Sour meaning

Sour definition

Sour define


Sour in Other Languages...

Spanish: Agrio

German: Sauer

French: Aigre

Italian: Acido

Turkish: Ekşi


Review

Write a review


Sour Words that start with S