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sourest |
Overview of adj sour The adj sour has 6 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) sour, rancid -- (smelling of fermentation or staleness) 2. sour -- (having a sharp biting taste) 3. sour -- (one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons) 4. off sour, turned -- (in an unpalatable state; "sour milk") 5. false, off-key, sour -- (inaccurate in pitch; "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key") 6. dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen -- (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") Antonyms of adj sour 6 senses of sour Sense 1 sour, rancid INDIRECT (VIA malodorous) -> fragrant Sense 2 sour (vs. sweet) sweet (vs. sour) => cloying, saccharine, syrupy, treacly => sweetish Sense 3 sour INDIRECT (VIA tasteful) -> tasteless Sense 4 off sour, turned INDIRECT (VIA soured) -> unsoured Sense 5 false, off-key, sour INDIRECT (VIA inharmonious) -> harmonious Sense 6 dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen INDIRECT (VIA ill-natured) -> good-natured Similarity of adj sour 6 senses of sour Sense 1 sour, rancid => malodorous (vs. fragrant) Sense 2 sour (vs. sweet) => acerb, acerbic, astringent, sharp => acetose, acetous, vinegary => acidic, acidulent, acidulous => acidulated => lemony, lemonlike, sourish, tangy, tart => subacid Also See-> dry#5; soured#1; tasteful#2 Sense 3 sour => tasteful (vs. tasteless) Sense 4 off sour, turned => soured (vs. unsoured) Sense 5 false, off-key, sour => inharmonious (vs. harmonious), unharmonious Sense 6 dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen => ill-natured (vs. good-natured) Attributes of adj sour Familiarity of adj sour sour used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 6) Grep of adj sour sour sourdough soured sourish Overview of adj sour The adj sour has 6 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) sour, rancid -- (smelling of fermentation or staleness) 2. sour -- (having a sharp biting taste) 3. sour -- (one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons) 4. off sour, turned -- (in an unpalatable state; "sour milk") 5. false, off-key, sour -- (inaccurate in pitch; "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key") 6. dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen -- (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")
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