sour
80
3.7
- adjective
- /saʊər/
- Principal Himbery, 50s, an old codger of a man wearing a sour face, speaks up.
- a sour mood
- turn sour
- sour grapes
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Watch on YouTubeAnd I thought, Oh my gosh, what a sour, resentful guy.
- And I thought, Oh my gosh, what a sour, resentful guy.
- Nobody wants to be around a grumpy, sour person that pushes people away.
- Like maybe you are the one who has a problem, or you're a sour puss or you're bitter.
- Is it is that a huge like does that start to drag A-Team down if the locker room's just sour?
- And it also would have come across as sour grapes.
- They're all dry, sour face, you know, just like watching paint dry.
Examples
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Nobody wants to be around a grumpy, sour person that pushes people away.
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You make such a sour face.
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You sound a little sour there.
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Mr Johnson finally turned sour.
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So let's just maybe I just have a sour attitude right now or something.
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Bill walks past him with a sour look, but the children become loud and happy.
Fiction book (1996) -
You know, you were sitting there with a disapproving face, very sour through the whole thing.
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And I thought, Oh my gosh, what a sour, resentful guy.
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The doctor was young, thin-haired, spectacled, sour-looking, and not courtly at all, like the one in the video.
Fiction book (1993) -
He always has a sour expression when he hears bad news.
Synonyms
351
2.5
Feeling or showing strong anger and hurt
26
4.7
Being quiet and bad-tempered, showing that a person is upset
22
9.6
Quick to become annoyed and show a bad mood
14
7.9
Being quiet and unhappy and showing little interest in others
14
7.6
Serious and unfriendly in a way that looks gloomy
3
5.4
A person who looks angry and unfriendly because they frown
2
7.4
A dark, angry look that seems threatening
1
9.9
Having a serious, quiet mood that shows sadness or anger
1
7.0
Being often in a bad mood and unfriendly
1
7.6
Having a sour, unfriendly tone or manner
A person who has a sour, unfriendly mood and speaks sharply to others
Being bad-tempered and easily offended
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
36
1.0
A thick white food made from milk with a slightly sour taste used as a topping or in cooking
- Specialized
2
7.4
A way of making whiskey using part of a previous batch to start the next one
1
3.5
Bread made with a mixture of flour and water that has natural yeast, giving a tangy taste
- Specialized
1
7.2
People add some mash from an earlier batch when making whiskey to keep the same flavor
- US
1
8.4
A tree that loses its leaves in autumn and has bright red leaves and small blue berries
- South African
1
9.2
A low plant from South Africa with thick leaves that makes small edible fruit
A tree that makes bitter oranges used as root for other orange trees and for marmalade
- Specialized
A group of related trees that make flowers and fruit, like the sour gum tree
How Sour
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sour (mood) uses the same old idea from Old English sūr meaning 'sharp' or 'bitter', so a person's mood is called sour when they are unfriendly or in a bad temper, like a disagreeable taste.