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The baker tasted the sour lemon in the pie filling.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Having a sharp, acidic taste: The basic taste sensation similar to that of vinegar or lemon juice.
    • Having turned bad due to fermentation: Describing food or drink, especially milk or cream, that has spoiled and become acidic.
    • Unpleasant in mood or disposition: Showing a bad-tempered, unfriendly, or resentful attitude.
    • Inaccurate in musical pitch: Describing a note that is off-key or flat.

  2. Noun:

    • The property of being acidic: The quality of having a sharp, tart taste.
    • A sour taste sensation: The specific taste experience of acidity.
    • A type of cocktail: A drink made with liquor (e.g., whiskey, gin), lemon or lime juice, and sugar.

  3. Verb:

    • To make or become sour: To cause something to develop an acidic taste or to spoil; to become acidic or spoiled.
Examples of Usage

  • Adjective:

    • The sour lemon made her pucker her lips.
    • Don't drink that milk; it smells sour.
    • He gave a sour look when he heard the news.
    • The singer hit a sour note during the performance.

  • Noun:

    • I love the sour of a fresh green apple.
    • She ordered a whiskey sour at the bar.

  • Verb:

    • The hot weather will sour the milk quickly.
    • The relationship soured after the argument.
Advanced Usage

  • "to go/turn sour": To become unpleasant, unsuccessful, or spoiled.

    • The business deal went sour at the last minute.
    • The milk turned sour in the heat.

  • "sour on (something/someone)": To become disillusioned or negative about something or someone.

    • He soured on the idea after learning the costs.
Variants and Related Words

  • Sourly (adverb): In a bitter or resentful manner.

    • He replied sourly to the question.

  • Sourness (noun): The state or quality of being sour.

    • The sourness of the yogurt was perfect for the recipe.
Synonyms
  • Adjective (taste): Tart, acidic, tangy.
  • Adjective (mood): Bitter, morose, sullen, dour.
  • Verb: Spoil, curdle, turn.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
  • Sour (something) on (someone): To cause someone to have a negative opinion about something.
    • The bad review soured him on the restaurant.
Related Idioms
  • Sour grapes: Pretending to dislike something one cannot have.
    • He said he didn't want the promotion anyway, but it's just sour grapes.
sour

The baker tasted the sour lemon in the pie filling.

Adjective
  1. 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- Bruce Bliven
    • a sour temper
    • a sullen crowd
  2. inaccurate in pitch
    • a false (or sour) note
    • her singing was off key
  3. in an unpalatable state
    • sour milk
  4. one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons
  5. having a sharp biting taste
  6. smelling of fermentation or staleness
Noun
  1. the property of being acidic
  2. the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
  3. a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar
Verb
  1. make sour or more sour
  2. go sour or spoil
    • The milk has soured
    • The wine worked
    • The cream has turned--we have to throw it out

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