SOUR

(noun) the property of being acidic
synonyms : acidity , sourness
(noun) the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
synonyms : sourness , tartness
(noun) a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar
(verb) go sour or spoil
"The milk has soured", "The wine worked", "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out"
synonyms : ferment , turn , work
(verb) make sour or more sour
synonyms : acetify , acidify , acidulate
(adj.) having a sharp biting taste
(adj.) smelling of fermentation or staleness
synonyms : rancid
(adj.) showing a brooding ill humor
"a dark scowl", "the proverbially dour New England Puritan", "a glum, hopeless shrug", "he sat in moody silence", "a morose and unsociable manner", "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius", "a sour temper", "a sullen crowd"
synonyms : dark , dour , glowering , glum , moody , morose , saturnine , sullen
He was sullen and morose at the party and kept to himself. -added by naila_inlas
(adj.) inaccurate in pitch
"a false (or sour) note", "her singing was off key"
synonyms : false , off-key
(adj.) in an unpalatable state
"sour milk"
synonyms : off , turned
(adj.) one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons

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