sour
Tasting of acidityTasting of acidity.
» These grapes are so sour that I can't eat them.
Die Trauben sind so sauer, dass ich sie nicht essen kann.
Diese Weinbeeren sind so sauer, dass ich sie nicht essen kann.
Этот виноград настолько кислый, что я не могу его есть.
Цей виноград такий кислий, що я не можу його їсти.
Meaning
8 sensesTasting of acidity.
Lemons have a sour taste.
Made rancid by fermentation, etc.
Don't drink that milk; it's turned sour.
sauer, sauer vergoren, gesäuert
проки́сшийprokísšij
smelling of fermentation or staleness
Tasting or smelling rancid.
His sour breath makes it unpleasing to talk to him.
sauer, ranzig, übelriechend
Hostile or unfriendly.
He gave me a sour look.
Excessively acidic and thus infertile. (of soil)
sour land
a sour marsh
sauer, herb, säuerlich
ки́слыйkíslyj
ки́слийkýslyj
Containing excess sulfur. (of petroleum)
sour gas smells like rotten eggs
Unfortunate or unfavorable.
Off-pitch, out of tune.
bitter, unwirsch, verdrießlich
inaccurate in pitch
Examples
194 sentencesThese grapes are so sour that I can't eat them.
Цей виноград такий кислий, що я не можу його їсти.
ruЭтот виноград настолько кислый, что я не могу его есть.
deDie Trauben sind so sauer, dass ich sie nicht essen kann.
The milk went sour.
Молоко скисло.
ruМолоко прокисло.
The milk tastes sour.
Молоко на смак скисло.
ruМолоко на вкус прокисло.
deDie Milch schmeckt sauer.
This apple tastes sour.
Це яблуко кисле.
ruЭто яблоко кислое.
deDieser Apfel schmeckt sauer.
The grapes are sour.
Виноград кислий.
ruВиноград кислый.
deDie Trauben sind sauer.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English sour, from Old English sūr (“sour”), from Proto-West Germanic *sūr, frFrom Middle English sour, from Old English sūr (“sour”), from Proto-West Germanic *sūr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz (“sour”), from Proto-Indo-European *súHros (“sour”).
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Forms
sourer, sourestSynonyms
19 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
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