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Quick definitions from WordNet (sour)
▸ 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
▸ noun: the property of being acidic
▸ verb: make sour or more sour
▸ verb: go sour or spoil ("The milk has soured")
▸ adjective: having a sharp biting taste
▸ adjective: one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons
▸ adjective: smelling of fermentation or staleness
▸ adjective: in an unpalatable state ("Sour milk")
▸ adjective: inaccurate in pitch ("A false (or sour) note")
▸ adjective: showing a brooding ill humor ("A sour temper")
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #49287)
▸ Also see sours
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to sour
▸ Usage examples for sour
▸ Popular adjectives describing sour
▸ Popular nouns described by sour
▸ Words that often appear near sour
▸ Rhymes of sour
▸ Invented words related to sour
▸ 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
▸ noun: the property of being acidic
▸ verb: make sour or more sour
▸ verb: go sour or spoil ("The milk has soured")
▸ adjective: having a sharp biting taste
▸ adjective: one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons
▸ adjective: smelling of fermentation or staleness
▸ adjective: in an unpalatable state ("Sour milk")
▸ adjective: inaccurate in pitch ("A false (or sour) note")
▸ adjective: showing a brooding ill humor ("A sour temper")
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #49287)
▸ Also see sours
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to sour
▸ Usage examples for sour
▸ Popular adjectives describing sour
▸ Popular nouns described by sour
▸ Words that often appear near sour
▸ Rhymes of sour
▸ Invented words related to sour