sour, adj.
freq. cnt. 1
freq. cnt. 1
smelling of fermentation or staleness
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
rancid sour
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showing a brooding ill humor
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
dark dour glowering glum moody morose saturnine sour sullen
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"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"
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inaccurate in pitch
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false off-key sour
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"a false (or sour) note""her singing was off key"
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having a sharp biting taste
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sour
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also see
similar to
in an unpalatable state
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off sour turned
sample sentences
"sour milk"
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one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons
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sour