| ADJECTIVE | all | sour, rancid | smelling of fermentation or staleness |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | sour | having a sharp biting taste / taste | |
| all | sour | one of the four basic taste sensations | |
| all | sour, off, turned | in an unpalatable state | |
| all | sour, false, off-key | inaccurate in pitch | |
| all | sour, dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sullen | showing a brooding ill humor | |
| VERB | change | sour, turn, ferment, work | go sour / sour or spoil |
| perception | sour, acidify, acidulate, acetify | make sour or more sour | |
| NOUN | food | sour | a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar |
| cognition | sour, sourness, tartness | the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth | |
| attribute | sour, sourness, acidity | the property of being acidic |
| Sounds | saw'er; saw'r | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | bellflower ... willpower: 32 rhymes with awer... | |
| Adenauer ... scour: 9 rhymes with awr... | ||
| Meaning | Smelling of fermentation or staleness. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | rancid | |
| Broader | malodorous, malodourous, unpleasant-smelling, ill-smelling, stinky | Having an unpleasant smell |
| Spanish | acre, agrio, rancio | |
| Catalan | agre, ranci | |
| Nouns | sourness | the property of being acidic |
| Meaning | Having a sharp biting taste / taste. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | acerb, acerbic, astringent | sour or bitter in taste |
| acetose, acetous, vinegary, vinegarish | tasting or smelling like vinegar | |
| acidic, acid, acidulent, acidulous | sour to the taste | |
| lemony, lemonlike, sourish, tangy, tart | tasting sour like a lemon | |
| subacid | slightly sour to the taste | |
| See also | dry | (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation |
| soured | Having turned bad | |
| tasty | pleasing to the sense of taste | |
| Opposite | sweet | Having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar |
| Spanish | ácido, acídulo, agrio | |
| Catalan | àcid, agre | |
| Nouns | sourness | the property of being acidic |
| Meaning | One of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | tasty | pleasing to the sense of taste |
| Spanish | ácido | |
| Catalan | àcid | |
| Nouns | sourness | the property of being acidic |
| sourness, tartness | the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth | |
| Meaning | In an unpalatable state. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "sour milk" | |
| Synonyms | off, turned | |
| Broader | soured | Having turned bad |
| Spanish | agrio | |
| Catalan | agre | |
| Nouns | sourness | the property of being acidic |
| Meaning | inaccurate in pitch. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a false (or sour) note" | |
| Synonyms | false, off-key | |
| Broader | inharmonious, unharmonious | not in harmony / harmony |
| Spanish | desafinado | |
| Catalan | desafinat | |
| Meaning | showing a brooding ill humor. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a sour temper" | |
| Synonyms | dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sullen | |
| Broader | ill-natured | Having an irritable and unpleasant disposition |
| Spanish | adusto, agrio, austero, desabrido, hosco, lúgubre, malhumorado, retraïdo, saturnino, sombrío, taciturno | |
| Catalan | adust, agre, auster, esquerp, lúgubre, retret, sorrut, taciturn | |
| Nouns | sourness | a sullen moody resentful disposition |
| Adverbs | sourly | in a sour manner |
| Meaning | A cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | whiskey sour, whisky sour | A sour made with whiskey |
| Broader | cocktail | A short mixed drink |
| Spanish | sour | |
| Meaning | The taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | sourness, tartness | |
| Narrower | acidity, acidulousness | The taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth |
| Broader | taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception | The sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus |
| Spanish | agrura | |
| Catalan | agre, agresa, agror | |
| Verbs | sour | make sour or more sour |
| Meaning | The property of being acidic. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | sourness, acidity | |
| Narrower | acerbity, tartness | A sharp sour taste |
| vinegariness, vinegarishness | A sourness resembling that of vinegar / vinegar | |
| Broader | taste property | A property appreciated via the sense of taste |
| Spanish | acedía, acidez | |
| Verbs | sour | make sour or more sour |
| Meaning | Go sour / sour or spoil. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "The milk has soured" | |
| Synonyms | turn, ferment, work | |
| Caused by | ferment, work | Cause to undergo fermentation |
| Entailed by | brew | Prepare by brewing |
| Broader | change state, turn | Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action |
| Similar to | ferment, work | Cause to undergo fermentation |
| Spanish | agrazarse, agriarse, amargar, asperear, avinagrarse, elaborar, fermentar | |
| Catalan | acidificar, agrejar, agrir-se, amargar, asprejar, avinagrar-se, elaborar, fermentar, picar-se, repuntar-se | |
| Nouns | souring | the process of becoming sour |
| Meaning | make sour or more sour. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | acidify, acidulate, acetify | |
| Broader | change taste | Alter the flavor of |
| Opposite | sweeten, dulcify, edulcorate, dulcorate | make sweeter in taste / taste |
| Spanish | acetificar, acidar, acidificar, acidular, agriar, amargar, asperear, avinagrar | |
| Catalan | acetificar, acidificar, acidular, agrir-se, amargar, asprejar, avinagrar-se, picar-se, repuntar-se | |
| Nouns | sour | the property of being acidic |
| sour | the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth | |
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