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      sour
      noun
      The sensation of a sour taste.
      A drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar.
      (by extension) Any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice.
      A sweet/candy having a sharply sour taste.
      A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
      The acidic solution used in souring fabric.
      verb
      (transitive) To make sour.
      (intransitive) To become sour.
      (transitive) To spoil or mar; to make disenchanted.
      (intransitive) To become disenchanted.
      (transitive) To make (soil) cold and unproductive.
      To macerate (lime) and render it fit for plaster or mortar.
      (transitive) To process (fabric) after bleaching, using hydrochloric acid or sulphuric acid to wash out the lime.
      adjective
      Tasting of acidity.
      Made rancid by fermentation, etc.
      Tasting or smelling rancid.
      (of a person's character) Hostile or unfriendly.
      Excessively acidic and thus infertile. (of soil)
      Containing excess sulfur. (of petroleum)
      Unfortunate or unfavorable.
      (music) Off-pitch, out of tune.
      Synonyms for sour
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      Words related to sour
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