sour (
http://definr.com/sour)
adj 1: smelling of fermentation or staleness [syn:
rancid]
2: having a sharp biting taste [ant:
sweet]
3: one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of
vinegar or lemons
4: in an unpalatable state; "sour milk" [syn:
off,
turned]
5: inaccurate in pitch; "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing
was off key" [syn:
false,
off-key]
6: 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" [syn:
dark,
dour,
glowering,
glum,
moody,
morose,
saturnine,
sullen]
n 1: a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or
lime juice and sugar
2: the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken
into the mouth [syn:
sourness,
tartness]
3: the property of being acidic [syn:
sourness,
acidity]
v 1: go sour or spoil; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked";
"The cream has turned--we have to throw it out" [syn:
turn,
ferment,
work]
2: make sour or more sour [syn:
acidify,
acidulate,
acetify]
[ant:
sweeten]