sour - Meaning in Hindi

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sour - Meaning in Hindi

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Definitions and Meaning of sour in English

sour adjective

1. smelling of fermentation or staleness

   Synonyms

   rancid

   खट्टा

2. showing a brooding ill humor

   Synonyms

   dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, moody, morose, saturnine, saturnine, sullen

   Examples

   • "a dark scowl"
   • "a glum, hopeless shrug"
   • "a morose and unsociable manner"
   • "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"
   • "a sour temper"
   • "a sullen crowd"
   • "he sat in moody silence"
   • "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"
3. inaccurate in pitch

   Synonyms

   false, off-key

   Examples

   • "a false (or sour) note"
   • "her singing was off key"
4. having a sharp biting taste
5. in an unpalatable state

   Synonyms

   off, turned

   Example

   • "sour milk"
6. one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons

sour noun

1. the property of being acidic

   Synonyms

   acidity, sourness

2. the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth

   Synonyms

   sourness, tartness

3. a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar

sour verb

1. go sour or spoil

   Synonyms

   ferment, turn, work, work

   Examples

   • "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out"
   • "The milk has soured"
   • "The wine worked"
2. make sour or more sour

   Synonyms

   acetify, acidify, acidulate

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