Sour

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:4 ptsWWF:5 pts4 letters

Definition of Sour

Adjective

  1. Tasting of acidity.

    "Lemons have a sour taste."

  2. Made rancid by fermentation, etc.

    "Don't drink that milk; it's turned sour."

  3. Tasting or smelling rancid.

    "His sour breath makes it unpleasing to talk to him."

  4. Hostile or unfriendly.

    "He gave me a sour look."

  5. Excessively acidic and thus infertile.

    "sour land"

Noun

  1. The sensation of a sour taste.

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  2. A drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar.

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  3. Any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice.
  4. A sweet/candy having a sharply sour taste.
  5. A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.

Verb

  1. To make sour.

    "Too much lemon juice will sour the recipe."

  2. To become sour.
  3. To spoil or mar; to make disenchanted.
  4. To become disenchanted.

    "We broke up after our relationship soured."

  5. To make (soil) cold and unproductive.

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