souradjective
uk/saʊər/us/saʊr/sour adjective (TASTE)
B1 having a sharp, sometimes unpleasant, taste or smell, like a lemon, and not sweet:
More examples
- I used sour cream in the soup.
- Add extra sugar if the rhubarb is too sour.
- I love the sour taste of limes.
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Flavours & tastes
- acidic
- acidity
- acidulous
- aftertaste
- bite
- bitter
- cheesy
- flavourful
- flavourless
- flavoursome
- full-bodied
- gamy
- plummy
- savour
- sugary
- sweet-and-sour
- sweetness
- tang
- tangy
- toasty
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sour adjective (BAD FEELING)
unfriendly or easily annoyed:
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Not being friendly
- (at) daggers drawn idiom
- abrasive
- antisocial
- asocial
- austere
- estrange
- estranged
- forbidding
- frostily
- give sb the time of day idiom
- hostile
- icy
- mixer
- saturnine
- unsociable
- unwelcoming
- wintry
- with friends like you, who needs enemies? idiom
- withdraw
- withdrawal
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Idiom(s)
sourverb [ I or T ]
uk/saʊər/us/saʊr/sour verb [ I or T ] (TASTE)
to become sour or to make something become sour:
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Damaging and spoiling
- adulterate
- alloy
- at the expense of sb idiom
- at-risk
- bandh
- bang up sb/sth
- foul
- gild the lily idiom
- gloss
- gnaw
- gnaw away at sth
- go west idiom
- goonda
- poison
- ravages
- ruin
- scourge
- shatter
- shoot sth up
- tell on sb
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sour verb [ I or T ] (BAD FEELING)
to (cause to) become unpleasant or unfriendly:
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Damaging and spoiling
- adulterate
- alloy
- at the expense of sb idiom
- at-risk
- bandh
- bang up sb/sth
- foul
- gild the lily idiom
- gloss
- gnaw
- gnaw away at sth
- go west idiom
- goonda
- poison
- ravages
- ruin
- scourge
- shatter
- shoot sth up
- tell on sb
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sournoun [ C ]
uk/saʊər/us/saʊr/mainly USa drink made from strong alcohol, lemon, or lime juice, sugar, and ice:
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Cocktails
- Bloody Mary
- Buck's Fizz
- caipirinha
- cocktail
- cup
- daiquiri
- gimlet
- highball
- kir
- manhattan
- margarita
- mimosa
- mint julep
- mojito
- Pimm's
- punch
- sangria
- spritzer
- swizzle stick
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