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Definitions for Sour

[1] having an acid taste, resembling that of vinegar, lemon juice, etc.; tart.
[2] rendered acid or affected by fermentation; fermented.
[3] producing the one of the four basic taste sensations that is not bitter, salt, or sweet.
[4] characteristic of something fermented: a sour smell.
[5] distasteful or disagreeable; unpleasant.
[6] below standard; poor.
[7] harsh in spirit or temper; austere; morose; peevish.
[8] Agriculture . (of soil) having excessive acidity.
[9] (of gasoline or the like) contaminated by sulfur compounds.
[10] Music . off-pitch; badly produced: a sour note.
[11] something that is sour.
[12] 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.
[13] an acid or an acidic substance used in laundering and bleaching to neutralize alkalis and to decompose residual soap or bleach.
[14] to become sour, rancid, mildewed, etc.; spoil: Milk sours quickly in warm weather. The laundry soured before it was ironed.
[15] to become unpleasant or strained; worsen; deteriorate: Relations between the two countries have soured.
[16] to become bitter, disillusioned, or disinterested: I guess I soured when I learned he was married. My loyalty soured after his last book.
[17] Agriculture . (of soil) to develop excessive acidity.
[18] to make sour; cause sourness in: What do they use to sour the mash?
[19] to cause spoilage in; rot: Defective cartons soured the apples.
[20] to make bitter, disillusioned, or disagreeable: One misadventure needn't have soured him. That swindle soured a great many potential investors.
[21] having or denoting a sharp biting taste like that of lemon juice or vinegar Compare bitter (def. 1)
[22] made acid or bad, as in the case of milk or alcohol, by the action of microorganisms
[23] having a rancid or unwholesome smell
[24] (of a person's temperament) sullen, morose, or disagreeable
[25] (esp of the weather or climate) harsh and unpleasant
[26] disagreeable; distasteful a sour experience
[27] (of land, etc) lacking in fertility, esp due to excessive acidity
[28] (of oil, gas, or petrol) containing a relatively large amount of sulphur compounds
[29] go sour or turn sour to become unfavourable or inharmonious his marriage went sour
[30] something sour
[31] mainly US any of several iced drinks usually made with spirits, lemon juice, and ice a whiskey sour
[32] an acid used in laundering and bleaching clothes or in curing animal skins
[33] to make or become sour
[34] a variant spelling of Sur

Words related to Sour

sharp, acid, acrid, biting, pungent, caustic, briny, musty, peppery, unpleasant, salty, piquant, acidic, rancid, bitter, soured, fermented, acrimonious, grouchy, rotten

Words nearby Sour

souple, soupmeat, soupspoon, soupy, soupçon, sour, sour cherry, sour cream, sour dock, sour gourd, sour grapes

Origin of Sour

before 1000; (adj. and noun) Middle English sure, soure, Old English sūr (orig. adj.); cognate with German sauer, Dutch zuur, Old Norse sūrr; (v.) Middle English souren, derivative of the adj.

Other words from Sour

sour·ish , adjective
sour·ly , adverb
sour·ness , noun
o·ver·sour , adjective
o·ver·sour·ly , adverb
o·ver·sour·ness , noun
un·sour , adjective
un·sour·ly , adverb
un·sour·ness , noun

Word origin for Sour

Old English sūr; related to Old Norse sūrr, Lithuanian suras salty, Old Slavonic syrŭ wet, raw, surovu green, raw, Sanskrit surā brandy

Synonyms for Sour

acid, acidic, acrid, biting, bitter, briny, caustic, fermented, musty, peppery, piquant, pungent, rancid, salty, sharp, soured, unpleasant, acidulated, astringent, bad, curdled, cutting, dry, green, keen, stinging, tart, turned, acerb, acetic, acetose, acetous, sourish, unripe, unsavory, unwholesome, vinegary, with a kick