sour
adjective
[ saʊə ]
• having an acid taste like lemon or vinegar.
• "she sampled the wine and found it was sour"
Similar:
acid,
acidy,
acidic,
acidulated,
tart,
bitter,
sharp,
acetic,
vinegary,
pungent,
acrid,
biting,
stinging,
burning,
smarting,
unpleasant,
distasteful,
acerb,
acerbic,
acidulous,
• feeling or expressing resentment, disappointment, or anger.
• "he gave her a sour look"
Similar:
embittered,
resentful,
nasty,
spiteful,
sharp-tongued,
irritable,
irascible,
peevish,
fractious,
fretful,
cross,
crabbed,
crabby,
crotchety,
cantankerous,
curmudgeonly,
disagreeable,
petulant,
pettish,
complaining,
querulous,
bitter,
moody,
grumpy,
huffy,
scratchy,
bad-tempered,
ill-tempered,
ill-natured,
ill-humoured,
sullen,
surly,
sulky,
churlish,
touchy,
testy,
tetchy,
snappish,
waspish,
crusty,
bilious,
liverish,
dyspeptic,
splenetic,
choleric,
snappy,
chippy,
grouchy,
cranky,
narky,
ratty,
eggy,
stroppy,
shirty,
whingy,
whingeing,
peckish,
sorehead,
soreheaded,
snaky,
miffy,
waxy,
• (of soil) deficient in lime and usually dank.
• (of petroleum or natural gas) containing a relatively high proportion of sulphur.
sour
noun
• a drink made by mixing a spirit with lemon or lime juice.
• "a rum sour"
sour
verb
• make or become sour.
• "water soured with tamarind"
Origin:
Old English sūr, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zuur and German sauer .
turn sour
• become less pleasant; turn out badly.
• "their relationship began to turn sour"
