Sour
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Sour
Adjective
- Tasting of acidity.
"Lemons have a sour taste."
- Made rancid by fermentation, etc.
"Don't drink that milk; it's turned sour."
- Tasting or smelling rancid.
"His sour breath makes it unpleasing to talk to him."
- Hostile or unfriendly.
"He gave me a sour look."
- Excessively acidic and thus infertile.
"sour land"
Noun
- The sensation of a sour taste.
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- A drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar.
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- Any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice.
- A sweet/candy having a sharply sour taste.
- A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
Verb
- To make sour.
"Too much lemon juice will sour the recipe."
- To become sour.
- To spoil or mar; to make disenchanted.
- To become disenchanted.
"We broke up after our relationship soured."
- To make (soil) cold and unproductive.
Anagrams of Sour
Words You Can Make
4 words can be made from the letters in "sour":