sour
Tasting of acidity.
Example
“Lemons have a sour taste.”
Other meanings
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.”
Related words
- oversour
- sorrel
- sourball
- sourbelly
- sourberry
- sourbread
- sourbush
- sourdough
- souren
- sourfaced
- sourful
- sourgrass
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "sūr".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “sour” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.