sour
sow er
- n a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar
- n the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
- n the property of being acidic
- v go sour or spoil
The milk has soured - v make sour or more sour
- s smelling of fermentation or staleness
- a having a sharp biting taste
- s one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons
- s in an unpalatable state
sour milk - s inaccurate in pitch
a false (or sour) note - s showing a brooding ill humor
a sour temper
- Every day, millions of Americans complain of "heartburn" or "sour stomach.
- Sweet and sour news greeted the nation's sugar lovers last week.
- Jingles urged readers and radio listeners: "When you feel sour and sunk, and the world looks punk .