sourness

Examples

• All

• I am back in this tin box of a room that is rolling with the clouds of sourness he puts out.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Sourness tinged his thoughts, and worry, and fear.

  Fiction book (1991)

• We returned to my dock around seven, a general feeling of sourness between us, though we both tried to wish it away: I was going to spend the evening with Hannah; John was spending it alone.

  Fiction book (1998)

• "Anna turned away from them, from their sourness and grim self-righteousness, and left without another word to her nephews.

  Fiction book (1999)

• It wasn't rich, for example, and it wasn't cheerful, and more often than not the air in the apartment had been tinged with sourness and desperation.

  Fiction book (2000)

• After years of feeling unappreciated, her sourness reflected her frustrations at work.

• His sourness towards her suggestions made the meeting uncomfortable for everyone.

• The sourness in his voice revealed the resentment he felt about the unfair treatment.

Synonyms

B

bitterness

vssourness

75 3.4

A strong feeling of anger and hurt toward someone

is milder and more about moody resentment than deep anger

G

grumpiness

vssourness

3 4.1

A feeling of being easily annoyed

is a more steady, moody resentment rather than momentary irritability

S

sullenness

vssourness

1 7.9

A quiet, gloomy mood that shows anger or hurt

focuses on a moody, resentful disposition rather than only gloom

M

moroseness

vssourness

1 8.4

A gloomy, unfriendly mood that makes a person quiet and hard to approach

is more about moody resentment rather than passive gloom

O

orneriness

vssourness

• Informal

1 9.9

Being easily annoyed, stubborn, and hard to get along with

is centered on sulky resentment rather than active contrariness

A

acerbity

vssourness

1 9.8

A sharp, bitter way of speaking that hurts people

is about a moody, resentful disposition rather than sharp speech

S

sulky demeanor

vssourness

7.1

A quiet unhappy mood that shows on a person's face or in their body language

describes the underlying moody, resentful attitude rather than just appearance

S

sulkiness

vssourness

5.5

A quiet unhappy mood when someone shows anger or hurt feelings

emphasizes a lasting resentful disposition rather than a short mood

M

mumpish attitude

vssourness

• Archaic

9.9

A mood of being quiet and annoyed

is the general moody, resentful disposition even without a recent slight

H

huffishness

vssourness

9.9

Being quietly angry and refusing to talk or be friendly

has a broader moody resentment sense rather than just sulkiness

S

sorehead attitude

vssourness

• Archaic

9.5

A grumpy mood that makes you rude to other people

is less about quick annoyance and more about steady resentful mood

Antonyms

C

cheerfulness

4 1.0

A happy mood that makes you smile and helps others feel good

How Resentful

bitterness

75 3.4

sourness

1 4.0

sullenness

1 7.9

irritability

8 4.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology