“sour”

Definitions

• adjective

  smelling of fermentation or staleness

  Synonyms: rancid, abrupt, absonant, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acerbity, acescency, acescent, acetify, acid, acidic

• adjective

  having a sharp biting taste

  Antonyms: sweet

• adjective

  one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons

• adjective

  in an unpalatable state

  Synonyms: off, turned

  • Example:“sour milk”

• adjective

  inaccurate in pitch

  Synonyms: false

  • Example:“a false (or sour) note”
  • Example:“Her singing was off key.”

• adjective

  showing a brooding ill humor

  Synonyms: dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sullen

  • Example:“a dark scowl”
  • Example:“the proverbially dour New England Puritan”