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- Dictionarysour/ˈsaʊə/
adjective
- 1. having an acid taste like lemon or vinegar: "she sampled the wine and found it was sour" Similar Opposite
- 2. feeling or expressing resentment, disappointment, or anger: "he gave her a sour look" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. a drink made by mixing a spirit with lemon or lime juice: "a rum sour"
verb
- 1. make or become sour: "water soured with tamarind"
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a drink made from strong alcohol, lemon, or lime juice, sugar, and ice: a whisky sour.
How to use sour in a sentence. being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice… See the full definition
If something is sour, it has a tangy or sharp flavor, like a lemon. Your brother may love the taste of limes, while they're way too sour for you.
Something that is sour has a sharp, unpleasant taste like the taste of a lemon. The stewed apple was sour even with honey. Synonyms: sharp, acid, tart, bitter More Synonyms of sour. 2. See also sweet and sour. 3. adjective B1+. Sour milk is milk that has an unpleasant taste because it is no longer fresh. 4. adjective.
having a sharp, sometimes unpleasant, taste or smell, like a lemon, and not sweet: These plums are a little sour. Fewer examples. I used sour cream in the soup. Add extra sugar if the rhubarb is too sour. I love the sour taste of limes. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
any of various beers with a particularly acidic or tart taste, made so by acid-producing bacteria and yeast in the brew: Sours are a good choice to go with deep-fried bar food. an acid or an acidic substance used in laundering and bleaching to neutralize alkalis and to decompose residual soap or bleach.
n. 1. The sensation of sour taste, one of the four primary tastes. 2. Something sour. 3. A mixed drink made especially with whiskey, lemon or lime juice, sugar, and sometimes soda water. tr. & intr.v. soured, sour·ing, sours. 1.
