to sour

Определение to sour в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: To become disenchanted
We broke up after our relationship soured.; made rancid by fermentation etc; To make or become sour
Too much lemon juice will sour the recipe.; aigre; {a} acid, tart, crabbed, peevish, painful; {v} to make or grow sour or discontented; Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish; morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply; Refers to a wine with sharp acidity; Something that is sour has a sharp, unpleasant taste like the taste of a lemon. The stewed apple was sour even with honey. see also sweet and sour; To macerate, and render fit for plaster or mortar; as, to sour lime for business purposes; Similar to TART in sensation, but usually imparts more of a green or underripe fruit quality, than by acids; a drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar; in an unpalatable state; "sour milk"; Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart; to make or become sour or disenchanted; A disagreeable taste, acid, vinegary, indicating a spoiled, undrinkable wine Not to be confused with tartness, astringency or dryness; {f} cause to turn sour; make bitter, disillusion; become sour; become disillusioned and resentful; the sensation of a sour taste; having an acid, sharp or tangy taste; Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or musty, turned; To make unhappy, uneasy, or less agreeable; containing excess sulphur; Gas found in its natural state, containing such amounts of compounds of sulphur as to make it impractical to use, without purifying, because of its corrosive effect on piping and equipment; Afflictive; painful; If a friendship, situation, or attitude sours or if something sours it, it becomes less friendly, enjoyable, or hopeful. If anything sours the relationship, it is likely to be real differences in their world-views Her mood soured a little; Someone who is sour is bad-tempered and unfriendly. She made a sour face in his direction + sourly sour·ly `Leave my mother out of it,' he said sourly; The taste sensation of acid Not to be confused with bitter, which is the taste of some tannins; Almost a synonym for ACIDIC Implies presence of acetic acid plus excess acid component (Is also one of the four basic taste sensations detected by the human tongue); A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect; one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons; {s} having a sour taste; bitter, disillusioned, resentful; make sour or more sour; peevish or bad-tempered; tasting or smelling rancid; Sour milk is milk that has an unpleasant taste because it is no longer fresh. fresh; To cause to become sour; to cause to turn from sweet to sour; as, exposure to the air sours many substances; {i} one of the four primary tastes (along with bitter, salty and sweet); something with a sour flavor; alcoholic beverage made with lemon or lime juice mixed with sugar and whiskey or gin; inaccurate in pitch; "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key"; excessively acid and thus infertile; a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar; the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth; Foul smelling Describing a petroleum fraction having a bad odor usually caused by mercaptans; spirit, lemon juice, sugar, angostura bitters and egg white, shaken; To cause or permit to become harsh or unkindly; To become sour; to turn from sweet to sour; as, milk soon sours in hot weather; a kind temper sometimes sours in adversity; make sour or more sour smelling of fermentation or staleness having a sharp biting taste one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons; To make cold and unproductive, as soil; Sharply acidic or vinegary; smelling of fermentation or staleness; showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the (Atasözü)ially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd"; Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh; go sour or spoil; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out"; having a sharp biting taste; disapproval If you refer to someone's attitude as sour grapes, you mean that they say that something is worthless or undesirable because they want it themselves but cannot have it. Page's response to the suggestion that this might be sour grapes because his company lost the bid is: `Life's too short for that.'; Wine which has turned into vinegar or which is in the process of doing so due to an excessive acidity; the property of being acidic; the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar go sour or spoil; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out"; If a situation or relationship turns sour or goes sour, it stops being enjoyable or satisfactory. Even the European dream is beginning to turn sour Their songs are filled with tales of love gone sour; A basic taste characterized by solutions of tartaric acid, citric acid, or malic acid The unpleasant acidity of a sour coffee cannot be confused with the natural acidity of some coffees in which this quality is prized Perceived at the tip of the tongue