Another word for sour
sour
modif.
Sour in taste
acid, acidulated, tart, acetous, vinegary, fermented, rancid, musty, turned, acidulous, acetose, acidic, salty, bitter, acrid, caustic, cutting, stinging, peppery, harsh, irritating, unsavory, vitriolic, tangy, vinegarish, briny, brackish, astringent, dry, sharp, keen, biting, pungent, piquant, acerb*, acerbic, acetic, curdled, foxy, sourish, subacid, green, unripe, acescent, with a kick*.
Sour in temper
on edge, ill-natured, grouchy; see irritable.
sour usually implies an unpleasant sharpness of taste and often connotes fermentation or rancidity sour milk; acid suggests a sourness that is normal or natural a lemon is an acid fruit; acidulous suggests a slightly sour or acid quality acidulous spring water; tart suggests a slightly stinging sharpness or sourness and usually connotes that this may be pleasant to the taste a tart cherry pie
sour
v.
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Another word for sour
Having a taste characteristic of that produced by acids:
acerb, acerbic, acetous, acid, acidulous, dry, tangy, tart1. See tasteHaving a noticeably sharp pungent taste or smell:
acerbic, acrid, bitter, harsh. See tasteBroodingly and sullenly unhappy:
dour, gloomy, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sulky, sullen, surly. See happyNot in accordance with what is usual or expected:
amiss, astray, awry, wrong. See surprise, thrive
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"sour." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 12 August 2019. <https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/Sour>.
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sour. (n.d.). Retrieved August 12th, 2019, from https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/Sour
