Sour
Definition of Sour
| a. | 1. | Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart. | | 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. | | 4. | Afflictive; painful. | | 5. | Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh.| Sour grapes | | See under Grape. |
| | n. | 1. | A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect. | | v. t. | 1. | To cause to become sour; to cause to turn from sweet to sour; as, exposure to the air sours many substances. | | 2. | To make cold and unproductive, as soil. | | 3. | To make unhappy, uneasy, or less agreeable. | | 4. | To cause or permit to become harsh or unkindly. | | 5. | To macerate, and render fit for plaster or mortar; as, to sour lime for business purposes. | | v. i. | 1. | To become sour; to turn from sweet to sour; as, milk soon sours in hot weather; a kind temper sometimes sours in adversity. |
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