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turned

turned

6.0
Food or drink that has gone bad
  • adjective
  • /tɜrnd/
translation icon : en mal estado
  • The milk has turned sour.

Let's see how bananas turned from this to this.

Examples

  • I tasted the milk and realized it had turned overnight.

  • Don’t drink that juice; it has already turned.

  • The cheese smelled strange because it was turned.

  • I can't drink this juice; it's turned bad.

  • I opened the refrigerator and found that the milk had turned and was no longer safe to drink.

  • After a few days in the pantry, the orange juice had turned and developed an unpleasant taste.

  • The leftover pasta had turned and emitted a foul odor when I went to eat it.

Synonyms

sour
vsturned
50 1.0

Having gone bad and tasting unpleasant

is a broader label for food that is spoiled or unpalatable
to gone bad
vsturned
21 3.2

To become spoiled and no longer safe to eat or use

highlights the sensory change to sour or unpleasant taste rather than only safety
spoiled
vsturned
1 1.8

Food that is no longer safe to eat because it has gone bad

emphasizes taste change or sourness rather than legal or safety issues
off
vsturned
  • UK
1 2.7

No longer fresh and unpleasant to eat

focuses more on becoming sour or otherwise unpalatable rather than mere staleness
soured
vsturned
5.0

Turned unpleasant, like milk that went bad or a friendship that ended

is limited to physical food or drink tasting sour or spoiled rather than broader uses

Antonyms

778 1.0

Recently made or gathered food that is not spoiled

31 4.9

Pleasant to taste or acceptable to most people

Idioms

22 4.1

Dressed neatly and looking smart for a special event

Compounds

1 7.7

Having pleasing, polished language in words or sentences

A person who used to break rules but now stops others from breaking them, for example protecting animals

A person who used to hunt animals illegally but now protects wildlife

Having a graceful, attractive shape often used for body parts or sculptures

How Spoiled

spoiled
1 1.8
rancid
20 4.5
turned
6.0
stale
54 1.1
fresh
778 1.0

Surface Forms

turned positive

Morphology

turned = turn (transparent) = turn + ed

A regular adjectival past-participle formed from the verb 'turn' meaning 'become', so learners who know 'turn' can infer 'turned' in contexts like 'turned sour'.

Etymology

The word turned used to describe food comes from the common verb turn, which means 'to change' or 'move into a different state'. So, when milk or cheese has 'turned' it has 'changed' from fresh to bad.