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Sour

//ˈsaʊə//

Synonyms for "sour" (291 found)

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Informal (54)

Noun, verb, slang(6 words)

turn drink stomach flavor peeve vinegar

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(7 words)

go mean keen salt cutting tart lemon

Adj, adv, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, prep, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(6 words)

hard sharp high rank rough bitter

Adj, adv, intj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, name, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, noun, prep, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, phrase, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adv, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, name, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, slang(4 words)

acid gloomy caustic crusty

Adj, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

stale ugly lime

Name, noun, verb, slang(4 words)

tongue crab tang pickle

Adj, adv, slang(2 words)

rotten terrible

Adj, name, noun, slang(1 words)

Adj, verb, slang(3 words)

cracked aggravate pickled

Verb, slang(3 words)

go off magnify hot up

Name, noun, slang(1 words)

Adj, slang(2 words)

Noun, slang(2 words)

sourdough dill pickle

General use (237)

Verb(27 words)

turn work ferment provoke irritate worsen enlarge amplify deteriorate heighten deepen enhance sharpen intensify embitter exacerbate heat up envenom curdle acidify

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go bad disenchant turned acidulate acetify gone off acidulated

Adjective(13 words)

off dark false moody sullen dour morose rancid glum saturnine glowering off-key turned

Adj, noun, verb(13 words)

taste piercing unhappy grating sullen abrupt musty biting bleach stinging mordant gruff shrill

Adjective(79 words)

acid coarse tart cranky poignant piquant unripe pungent trenchant petulant unsavory dissonant inharmonious querulous churlish acrid impatient raucous distasteful acrimonious

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Adj, name(1 words)

Name, noun, verb(4 words)

increase tooth vex gust

Noun, verb(11 words)

spoil relish ferment annoy decay savor build up augment palate peroxide verjuice

Adj, noun(12 words)

hostile disagreeable discordant choleric strident undesirable astringent dyspeptic unpalatable unattractive escharotic acescent

Adj, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, verb(19 words)

penetrating crabbed spoiled exasperate tainted discontented irritating soured jaundiced blown embittered unwelcome curdled displeasing acerbate spoilt unsweetened fermented unengaging

Adj, adv(2 words)

peevish off-key

Adj, name, verb(2 words)

Noun(28 words)

greenness dryness acidity sourness acerbity pungency yogurt agent provocateur aftertaste sour grapes tartness unripeness acidulousness sapidity crab apple savoriness sour cream chokecherry sapor acidulant

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vinegariness vinegarishness bread-and-butter pickle hyperacidity acescency unsweetness sourishness subacidity

Prep_phrase(1 words)

off key frowy make worse nose tickling nose-tickling off-tone make acute out of pitch out of tone bitter as gall sour as vinegar green apple sour balls sour pickle turn sour sour-tempered tartishness

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