 |
|
|
|
Definition & Synonyms
|
• Sour
- (v. t.) To cause or permit to become harsh or unkindly.
- (superl.) Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.
- (v. t.) To macerate, and render fit for plaster or mortar; as, to sour lime for business purposes.
- (superl.) Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or musty, turned.
- (v. t.) To cause to become sour; to cause to turn from sweet to sour; as, exposure to the air sours many substances.
- (superl.) Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish; morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply.
- (v. i.) To become sour; to turn from sweet to sour; as, milk soon sours in hot weather; a kind temper sometimes sours in adversity.
- (superl.) Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh.
- (superl.) Afflictive; painful.
- (n.) A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
- (v. t.) To make unhappy, uneasy, or less agreeable.
- (v. t.) To make cold and unproductive, as soil.
Synonyms:
Acetify, Acidify, Acidity, Acidulate, Dark, Dour, False, Ferment, Glowering, Glum, Moody, Morose, Off, Rancid, Saturnine, Sourness, Sullen, Tartness, Turn, Turned, Work,
|
• Sourkrout
- (n.) Same as Sauerkraut.
|
• Sours
- (n.) Source. See Source.
|
|
|
| |
|
Microwaves, Feminine, Raspberry, Portal-To-Portal Pay, Yahoo, Microtomic, Nerves, Martyred, Verily, Shun, Misconception, Phenomeno, Portal, Reverberate, Grow Up, Tamarind, Microstructure, Limbs, Components, Long-Lived, Euthansia, Stimulate, Bludgeoning, Translation, Gauge, Microseism, Quashing, Lonely, Atomic Anergy, Componen, Dan, Prosperity, |
|
|
A, A1, Aquiline, Aardvark, Aardwolf, Abaca, Aback, Abacus, Abaft, Abalone, Abandon, Abandoned, Abandonment, Abase, Abasement, Abash, Abashed, Abashment, Abate, Abatement, Abater, Abattoir, Abb, Abbacy, Abbess, Abbey, Abbot, Abbreviate, Abbreviation, Abdicate, Abdication, Abdomen, |
|
|
 |