Definitions for sourness
  • Sour (superl.) - Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.
  • Sour (superl.) - Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or musty, turned.
  • Sour (superl.) - Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish; morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply.
  • Sour (superl.) - Afflictive; painful.
  • Sour (superl.) - Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh.
  • Sour (n.) - A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
  • Sour (v. t.) - To cause to become sour; to cause to turn from sweet to sour; as, exposure to the air sours many substances.
  • Sour (v. t.) - To make cold and unproductive, as soil.
  • Sour (v. t.) - To make unhappy, uneasy, or less agreeable.
  • Sour (v. t.) - To cause or permit to become harsh or unkindly.
  • Sour (v. t.) - To macerate, and render fit for plaster or mortar; as, to sour lime for business purposes.
  • Sour (v. i.) - To become sour; to turn from sweet to sour; as, milk soon sours in hot weather; a kind temper sometimes sours in adversity.
  • Soured (imp. & p. p.) - of Sour
  • Souring (p. pr. & vb. n.) - of Sour
  • Souring (n.) - Any sour apple.
  • Sourings - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Sourly (adv.) - In a sour manner; with sourness.
  • Sourness (n.) - The quality or state of being sour.
  • Sournesses - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Sours (n.) - Source. See Source.
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