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sour [sou^uhr, sou-er] Example Sentences

Main Entry:	sour [sou^uhr, sou-er] Show IPA/saʊ^ər, ˈsaʊər/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	bad-tasting; gone bad
Synonyms:	acerb, acetic, acetose, acetous, acid, acidic, acidulated, acrid, astringent, bad, biting, bitter, briny, caustic, curdled, cutting, dry, fermented, green, keen, musty, peppery, piquant, pungent, rancid, salty, sharp, soured, sourish, stinging, tart, turned, unpleasant, unripe, unsavory, unwholesome, vinegary, with a kick
Antonyms:	good, pleasant, sweet, tasty

Main Entry:	sour
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	alienate
Synonyms:	acidify, curdle, disenchant, embitter, envenom, exacerbate, exasperate, make sour, spoil, turn, turn off
Antonyms:	encourage, excite, incite

Main Entry:	bad
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	decayed
Synonyms:	moldy, off, putrid, rancid, rotten, sour, spoiled
Notes:	badly is an adverb to describe an activity; bad is an adjective to describe a condition or state
Antonyms:	good, ok, undecayed

Example Sentences

Producing barrel-aged sour beer is a long, expensive gamble.

But the current insularity was in place before the economy went sour.

Germany's mood will be sour despite a relatively robust economy.

Producing barrel-aged sour beer is a long, expensive gamble.

But the current insularity was in place before the economy went sour.

Germany's mood will be sour despite a relatively robust economy.

Mix sour cream with flour and stir in with the sauce.

Think of someone who's bitter, or sour or maybe even a little picante.

We indulged in the hot and sour soup and plates of steak.

Both sweet and sour cherries are appealing choices for the home garden.

Honey's sweet smell attracts more flies than does vinegar's sour odor, but the ultimate fruit-fly magnet is eau de nothing.

Sour cherries make a good dessert with a simple sauce of sour cream.

One might think such a prospect would create a sour mood.

Such deals have a way of turning sour because of disputes over details.

Serve and top with additional sour cream, if desired.

They found that people see food dishes containing meat as more masculine and salads and sour dairy products as more feminine.

Laidre could see its outline in the water and smell its sour breath.

If a male plant is nearby, females will bear small, sour bright red or orange berries that can be used for jams and jellies.

Ants have a lemony snap, though some are sour and vinegary.

Twice-baked crust is an intensely buttery and crispy accompaniment for sour cherries.

Union is much more online, and does have some reputation problems within academia that could sour a search committee.

Voting in this week's local government election was slow, the atmosphere sour.

Season with salt as needed, and serve in bowls garnished with minced dill and a dollop of sour cream.

Even if the batteries get cheaper, they warned, investors will turn sour if no one buys the cars.

Hot and sour soup is a spicier and zingier cousin of the traditional egg flower soup.

Cottage cheese subs for sour cream, making the dip high in protein and low in fat.

For some in the mainstream press, the sour feelings are mutual.

Add sour cream, vanilla and eggs, and process until well mixed.

It leaves a sour taste in the mouths of those who truly believe and try to achieve fairness.

And the bitterness of the fight is expected to sour debate over future projects in and around.

Slightly thicken the stock and add sour cream and, if desired, salt and pepper to taste.

Think vividly of cutting open a juicy lemon and then bringing it towards your face and finally biting down of the sour fruit.

Reduced-fat sour cream and fresh tomato salsa make a cooling garnish for black bean chili.

Of course, there's a little bit of sour to go with all this sweetness.

They can be almost as tangy as sour cherries, and profoundly spicy, too.

Worse, that employer is not likely to go back to the lemon tree that sold the company such a sour employee.

Fights break out over turf, bad debts or deals gone sour.

Sour cherries don't travel as well as the ubiquitous bings.

The pure joy of the taste of well cooked baked potato heaped with sour cream, cheese and bacon.

Sage adds an earthy flavor to these mashed potatoes, parsnips lend sweetness, and sour cream brings a bit of tang.

Cut herring fillets into bite-size pieces, mix with sour cream, pickling liquid and onion.

Colbrandt was a partner in a real-estate investment plan that turned sour.

But even a successful deal will leave a sour taste in the capital markets.

Ladle the soup into bowls and garnish each with a dollop of sour cream and a sprinkling of the scallion greens.

Dress up these cakes with salsa and sour cream and serve as an appetizer.

Taste and, if necessary, add more sugar or lemon juice so mixture is both sweet and sour.

There's a strange sour note in the presentation, though:.

Later, as deputy chairman for petrochemicals, he tackled sour industrial relations and disjointed management at the plant.

Compounds called fatty acids produce a rancid, sour smell.

Serve with sour cream, tortilla chips, and cilantro.

I've seen the original hire turn sour while the spousal hire turned out to be the gem.

Slower growth tends to sour the political environment.

He was irritable and sour but also a true iron man of the mountains.

If male plant is present, female produces small, sour bright red or orange berries that can be used for jams and jellies.

We've seen both administrators and faculty go for trendy enough times to be a little sour about this.

China is already grappling with sour loans generated by its lending binge last year.

For an extra buck, get yours piled with guacamole and sour cream.

Rather, their views about how to vote when things go sour are a bit too complex to be captured by one or two simple variables.

Main Entry:	bitter
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	pungent, sharp
Synonyms:	absinthal, absinthian, acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, amaroidal, astringent, harsh, sour, tart, unsweetened, vinegary
Antonyms:	bland, mild, pleasant, sweet

Main Entry:	bitter
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	hostile, nasty
Synonyms:	acrimonious, alienated, antagonistic, begrudging, biting, caustic, crabby, divided, embittered, estranged, fierce, freezing, hateful, intense, irreconcilable, morose, rancorous, resentful, sardonic, severe, sore, sour, stinging, sullen, virulent, vitriolic, with chip on shoulder
Antonyms:	agreeable, content, genial, kind, nice, pleasant, sweet

Main Entry:	black
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	angry
Synonyms:	enraged, fierce, furious, hostile, menacing, resentful, sour, sullen, threatening
Antonyms:	happy

Main Entry:	cacophonous
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	harsh sounding
Synonyms:	clinking, discordant, disharmonic, dissonant, grating, ill-sounding, immusical, inharmonious, jangly, jarring, noisy, raucous, sour, strident, unmusical
Antonyms:	quiet

Main Entry:	cantankerous
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	difficult, crabby
Synonyms:	bad-tempered, bearish, captious, choleric, contrary, cranky, critical, cross, crotchety, crusty, disagreeable, dour, grouchy, grumpy, huffy, ill-humored, ill-natured, irascible, irritable, morose, obstinate, ornery, peevish, perverse, petulant, prickly, quarrelsome, snappish, sour, stuffy, testy, vinegarish, vinegary
Antonyms:	easy, good-natured, happy, nice, pleasant

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	crabby/crabbed
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	in a bad mood
Synonyms:	acid, acrid, acrimonious, awkward, bad-tempered, blunt, brusque, captious, choleric, churlish, cranky, cross, crotchety, crusty, cynical, difficult, dour, fretful, gloomy, glum, grouchy, harsh, huffy, ill-humored, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, misanthropic, morose, nasty-tempered, peevish, perverse, petulant, prickly, saturnine, snappish, snappy, sour*, splenetic, sulky, sullen, surly, tart, testy, tough, trying, unsociable
Antonyms:	happy

* = informal/non-formal usage
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