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1sour Listen to audio/ˈsawɚ/ adjective
sour·er; sour·est
[also more sour; most sour] 1 : having an acid taste that is like the taste of a lemon : tart
sour pickles a sour apple a slightly sour tastesee also sweet-and-sour
2 : having the unpleasant taste or smell of food that is no longer fresh
The milk had turned/gone sour. The cream smells sour. a sour odor sour [=bad] breath
3 : unpleasant or unfriendly
a sour, cynical person He made a sour face. Their relationship ended on a sour note. [=ended unpleasantly]
4 informal : bad or wrong
Their relationship had turned/gone sour. All their investments went sour.
sour on
informal : having a bad opinion of (something)
She was sour on politics in general.
— sour·ly adverb
She noted sourly that something was wrong.
— sour·ness noun [noncount]
The dish gets its sourness from lemons.

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