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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Sour \Sour\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Soured; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Souring.]
     To become sour; to turn from sweet to sour; as, milk soon
     sours in hot weather; a kind temper sometimes sours in
     adversity.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           They keep out melancholy from the virtuous, and hinder
           the hatred of vice from souring into severity.
                                                    --Addison.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Sour \Sour\, a. [Compar. Sourer; superl. Sourest.] [OE.
     sour, sur, AS. s?r; akin to D. zuur, G. sauer, OHG. s?r,
     Icel. s?rr, Sw. sur, Dan. suur, Lith. suras salt, Russ.
     surovui harsh, rough. Cf. Sorrel, the plant.]
     1. Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and
        the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              All sour things, as vinegar, provoke appetite.
                                                    --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or
        musty, turned.
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     3. Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish;
        morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply. ``A sour
        countenance.'' --Swift.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He was a scholar . . .
              Lofty and sour to them that loved him not,
              But to those men that sought him sweet as summer.
                                                    --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Afflictive; painful. ``Sour adversity.'' --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Sour dock (Bot.), sorrel.
  
     Sour gourd (Bot.), the gourdlike fruit Adansonia
        Gregorii, and A. digitata; also, either of the trees
        bearing this fruit. See Adansonia.
  
     Sour grapes. See under Grape.
  
     Sour gum (Bot.) See Turelo.
  
     Sour plum (Bot.), the edible acid fruit of an Australian
        tree ({Owenia venosa); also, the tree itself, which
        furnished a hard reddish wood used by wheelwrights.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Acid; sharp; tart; acetous; acetose; harsh; acrimonious;
          crabbed; currish; peevish.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Sour \Sour\, n.
     A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
     --Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Sour \Sour\, v. t. [AS. s?rian to sour, to become sour.]
     1. To cause to become sour; to cause to turn from sweet to
        sour; as, exposure to the air sours many substances.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              So the sun's heat, with different powers,
              Ripens the grape, the liquor sours.   --Swift.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To make cold and unproductive, as soil. --Mortimer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To make unhappy, uneasy, or less agreeable.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To sour your happiness I must report,
              The queen is dead.                    --Shak.
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     4. To cause or permit to become harsh or unkindly. ``Souring
        his cheeks.'' --Shak.
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              Pride had not sour'd nor wrath debased my heart.
                                                    --Harte.
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     5. To macerate, and render fit for plaster or mortar; as, to
        sour lime for business purposes.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Sour \Sour\, n.
     A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
     --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Sour \Sour\, v. t. [AS. s?rian to sour, to become sour.]
     1. To cause to become sour; to cause to turn from sweet to
        sour; as, exposure to the air sours many substances.
  
              So the sun's heat, with different powers, Ripens the
              grape, the liquor sours.              --Swift.
  
     2. To make cold and unproductive, as soil. --Mortimer.
  
     3. To make unhappy, uneasy, or less agreeable.
  
              To sour your happiness I must report, The queen is
              dead.                                 --Shak.
  
     4. To cause or permit to become harsh or unkindly. ``Souring
        his cheeks.'' --Shak.
  
              Pride had not sour'd nor wrath debased my heart.
                                                    --Harte.
  
     5. To macerate, and render fit for plaster or mortar; as, to
        sour lime for business purposes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Sour \Sour\, a. [Compar. Sourer; superl. Sourest.] [OE.
     sour, sur, AS. s?r; akin to D. zuur, G. sauer, OHG. s?r,
     Icel. s?rr, Sw. sur, Dan. suur, Lith. suras salt, Russ.
     surovui harsh, rough. Cf. Sorrel, the plant.]
     1. Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and
        the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.
  
              All sour things, as vinegar, provoke appetite.
                                                    --Bacon.
  
     2. Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or
        musty, turned.
  
     3. Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish;
        morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply. ``A sour
        countenance.'' --Swift.
  
              He was a scholar . . . Lofty and sour to them that
              loved him not, But to those men that sought him
              sweet as summer.                      --Shak.
  
     4. Afflictive; painful. ``Sour adversity.'' --Shak.
  
     5. Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh.
  
     Sour dock (Bot.), sorrel.
  
     Sour gourd (Bot.), the gourdlike fruit Adansonia
        Gregorii, and A. digitata; also, either of the trees
        bearing this fruit. See Adansonia.
  
     Sour grapes. See under Grape.
  
     Sour gum (Bot.) See Turelo.
  
     Sour plum (Bot.), the edible acid fruit of an Australian
        tree ({Owenia venosa); also, the tree itself, which
        furnished a hard reddish wood used by wheelwrights.
  
     Syn: Acid; sharp; tart; acetous; acetose; harsh; acrimonious;
          crabbed; currish; peevish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Sour \Sour\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Soured; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Souring.]
     To become sour; to turn from sweet to sour; as, milk soon
     sours in hot weather; a kind temper sometimes sours in
     adversity.
  
           They keep out melancholy from the virtuous, and hinder
           the hatred of vice from souring into severity.
                                                    --Addison.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  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 cocktail made of 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]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  sour
     Αγγλικά a.
     ξινός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  sour
     French a.
     (lb fr nonstandard) (alternative form of fr sûr)
     French prep.
     (lb fr nonstandard) (alternative form of fr sur)
     Middle English a.
     1 (l en sour), acidic, bitter
     2 foul-smelling, rancid
     3 fermented, curdled
     4 unpleasant, unattractive
     Middle English alt.
     1 (l en sour), acidic, bitter
     2 foul-smelling, rancid
     3 fermented, curdled
     4 unpleasant, unattractive
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm soren t=to soar)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  sour-
     Old French pre.
     (alternative form of fro sur-)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  sour
     a.
     Having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste.
     n.
     1 The sensation of a sour taste.
     2 A drink made with whiskey, lemon juice or lime juice and sugar.
     3 (lb en by extension) Any cocktail containing lemon juice or lime
  juice.
     4 A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
     5 The acidic solution used in souring fabric.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To make sour.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To become sour.
     3 (lb en transitive) To spoil or mar; to make disenchanted.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To become disenchanted.
     5 (lb en transitive) To make (soil) cold and unproductive.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  sour
     French a.
     (lb fr nonstandard) (alternative form of fr sûr)
     French prep.
     (lb fr nonstandard) (alternative form of fr sur)
     Middle English a.
     1 (l en sour), acidic, bitter
     2 foul-smelling, rancid
     3 fermented, curdled
     4 unpleasant, unattractive
     Middle English alt.
     1 (l en sour), acidic, bitter
     2 foul-smelling, rancid
     3 fermented, curdled
     4 unpleasant, unattractive
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm soren t=to soar)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  sour-
     Old French pre.
     (alternative form of fro sur-)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  sour
     French a.
     (lb fr nonstandard) (alternative form of fr sûr)
     French prep.
     (lb fr nonstandard) (alternative form of fr sur)
     Middle English a.
     1 (l en sour), acidic, bitter
     2 foul-smelling, rancid
     3 fermented, curdled
     4 unpleasant, unattractive
     Middle English alt.
     1 (l en sour), acidic, bitter
     2 foul-smelling, rancid
     3 fermented, curdled
     4 unpleasant, unattractive
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm soren t=to soar)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  sour-
     Old French pre.
     (alternative form of fro sur-)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  sour
     Englanti a.
     1 hapan
     2 hapannut
     Englanti vb.
     1 hapantua
     2 katkeroittaa
     3 katkeroitua

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  sour
     Engelska a.
     1 (tagg: text=om smak) sur
     2 (tagg: text=om humör) sur; tjurig

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Sour /sˈaʊə/
  حامض

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  sour //ˈsaʊ(ə)ɹ// //ˈsaʊə// 
  1. киселинен
  (of soil) excessively acidic and thus infertile
  2. ки́сел, кисел
  having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste
  3. вкиснат 2.
  made rancid by fermentation, etc.
   3.
  tasting or smelling rancid
  4. раздразнителен
  peevish or bad-tempered

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  sour //ˈsaʊ(ə)ɹ// //ˈsaʊə// 
  кисел вкус
  the sensation of a sour taste

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  sour //ˈsaʊ(ə)ɹ// //ˈsaʊə// 
  1. вкисвам се
  to become sour
  2. подкислявам
  to make sour