Meaning

8 senses
  1. Tasting of acidity.

    Lemons have a sour taste.

  2. Made rancid by fermentation, etc.

    Don't drink that milk; it's turned sour.

    sauer, sauer vergoren, gesäuert

    проки́сшийprokísšij

    smelling of fermentation or staleness

  3. Tasting or smelling rancid.

    His sour breath makes it unpleasing to talk to him.

    sauer, ranzig, übelriechend

  4. Hostile or unfriendly.

    He gave me a sour look.

  5. Excessively acidic and thus infertile. (of soil)

    sour land

    a sour marsh

    sauer, herb, säuerlich

    ки́слыйkíslyj

    ки́слийkýslyj

  6. Containing excess sulfur. (of petroleum)

    sour gas smells like rotten eggs

  7. Unfortunate or unfavorable.

  8. Off-pitch, out of tune.

    bitter, unwirsch, verdrießlich

    inaccurate in pitch

Examples

194 sentences
  1. These 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.

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  2. The milk went sour.

    Молоко скисло.

    ruМолоко прокисло.

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  3. The milk tastes sour.

    Молоко на смак скисло.

    ruМолоко на вкус прокисло.

    deDie Milch schmeckt sauer.

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  4. This apple tastes sour.

    Це яблуко кисле.

    ruЭто яблоко кислое.

    deDieser Apfel schmeckt sauer.

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  5. The grapes are sour.

    Виноград кислий.

    ruВиноград кислый.

    deDie Trauben sind sauer.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste:
Русский
By meaning 2
made rancid by fermentation, etc.:
having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
made rancid by fermentation, etc.:
tasting or smelling rancid:
having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste:
(of soil) excessively acidic and thus infertile:
peevish or bad-tempered:

Origin

From Middle English sour, from Old English sūr (“sour”), from Proto-West Germanic *sūr, fr

From 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, sourest
Comparativesourer Lesson
Superlativesourest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

19 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
soil, petroleum:sweetA1

Word family

52 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sour — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto