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sour

sour

4 1.0
A food or drink that has a sharp taste
  • noun
  • /saʊər/
translation icon : alimento fermentado
  • Many people enjoy the refreshing taste of sour candies.
  • sours with dill
  • stir in sour
  • fraîche or sour

Examples

  • The drink had a pleasantly sour taste, making it ideal for summer cocktails.

  • That sour orange beer was so good.

  • I know a lot of people that love sour candies.

  • These are ways eating those sour foods reduces those sugar cravings.

  • Sour gummies now have sour gummy llamas.

  • They've been pickled and they're sour as a result, he says.

  • Frozen corn and peas with a little butter, and a baked potato with butter and sour cream.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • So we have fruity gummy bears, we have sour gummy bears.

  • She added a dollop of sour cream to her baked potato for extra flavor.

Antonyms

611 1.0

Having a taste like sugar, as in candy

Idioms

sour grapes
  • Informal
9 6.1

Saying something is not good because you cannot have it

Compounds

34 1.0

A thick white food made from milk with a slightly sour taste used as a topping or in cooking

5 5.0

A drink made with whiskey, lemon juice, and sugar served over ice

4 1.8

Milk that has gone bad and smells and tastes unpleasant

sour mash
  • Specialized
2 7.4

A way of making whiskey using part of a previous batch to start the next one

1 2.9

A small red fruit that tastes sour and is used for cooking or baking

sour mash whiskey
  • Specialized
1 7.2

People add some mash from an earlier batch when making whiskey to keep the same flavor

1 3.6

A deep red colour like the skin of ripe tart fruit

1 5.0

A tree that makes bitter oranges used as root for other orange trees and for marmalade

1 3.7

A very tart orange used in cooking and for making marmalade

Bread made with a mixture of flour and water that has natural yeast, giving a tangy taste

A small tree that makes tart red cherries often used in cooking and jam

sour gourd
  • Australian
9.9

A tree that has sour fruit often used in cooking

A small plant like clover with a sour taste that people eat as a green

8.4

A tree that loses its leaves in autumn and has bright red leaves and small blue berries

8.6

A plant with large sour leaves used in salads and spring greens

sour fig
  • South African
9.2

A low plant from South Africa with thick leaves that makes small edible fruit

sour gourd
  • Australian
8.9

A sour edible fruit with hard skin used in cooking

4.8

Small white crystals that you add to food to make it taste sour

A liking for sour foods

sour-gum family
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of related trees that make flowers and fruit, like the sour gum tree

Tasting sharp and like lemon or vinegar

How Sour

astringent
  • Specialized
1 7.8
tangy
15 3.6
sour
4 1.0
tart
3 2.2
acidic
4 3.5

Surface Forms

sour singular
sours plural

Etymology

Sour (food or drink) takes its name from Old English sūr meaning 'acid' or 'sharp', so things like pickles or lemon drinks are called 'sours' because they have a sharp, tart taste.