sour

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: sour

1	adj n v	one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons the property of being acidic make sour or more sour
2	adj v	in an unpalatable state go sour or spoil
3	adj	inaccurate in pitch
4	adj	showing a brooding ill humor

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: sour

Synonyms: dry
(of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation; acerb, acerbic, astringent
sour or bitter in taste; acetose, acetous, vinegarish, vinegary
tasting or smelling like vinegar; acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulous
being sour to the taste; lemonlike, lemony, sourish, tangy, tart
tasting sour like a lemon; subacid
slightly sour to the taste; soured
having turned bad; tasty
pleasing to the sense of taste

Antonyms:: sweet
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar; sugary
containing sugar; sweet
(used of wines) having a high residual sugar content; cloying, saccharine, syrupy, treacly
overly sweet; sweetish
somewhat sweet; tasty
pleasing to the sense of taste; show more antonyms...

Types:: acerbity, tartness
a sharp sour taste; vinegariness, vinegarishness
a sourness resembling that of vinegar

Types:: acidity, acidulousness
the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth

Type of:: gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, taste, taste perception, taste sensation
the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus