English dictionary
sour
adjectivePronunciation
ˈsaʊ(ə)ɹ
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- smelling of fermentation or staleness
adjective
- showing a brooding ill humor
adjective
- inaccurate in pitch
adjective
- having a sharp biting taste
adjective
- in an unpalatable state
adjective
- one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons
noun
- the property of being acidic
noun
- the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
noun
- a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar
verb
- go sour or spoil
verb
- make sour or more sour
Example sentences
a dark scowl
the proverbially dour New England Puritan
a glum, hopeless shrug
he sat in moody silence
a morose and unsociable manner
a false (or sour) note
her singing was off key
sour milk
The milk has soured
The wine worked
The cream has turned — we have to throw it out