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Meaning of sour | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈsaʊə

Definitions

  1. The sensation of a sour taste.
    countable, uncountable
  2. Tasting of acidity
  3. A drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar.
    countable, uncountable
  4. Made rancid by fermentation, etc
  5. Any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice.
    broadly, countable, uncountable
  6. Tasting or smelling rancid
  7. A sweet/candy having a sharply sour taste.
    countable, uncountable
  8. Hostile or unfriendly
  9. A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
    countable, uncountable
  10. Excessively acidic and thus infertile
  11. The acidic solution used in souring fabric.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية حامض
Azərbaycanca turş
Беларуская кіслы
Български кисел
বাংলা খাট্টা চুকা টেঙ্গা
བོད་སྐད སྐྱུར་མོ
Bosanski mučio
Català àcid acidesa agre
Čeština kyselý mrzutý
Cymraeg egr sur
Dansk sur
Deutsch angesäuert ansäuern beeinträchtigen bitter durchsäuern einen Stich bekommen garstig gesäuert herb misslingen ranzig sauer sauer vergären sauer vergoren sauer werden säuerlich Säuern sauertöpfisch Säure schiefgehen sich verschlechtern übellaunig übelriechend umkippen umschlagen unwirsch verbittert verderben verdrießlich versauern versauert Whiskey Sauer
Ελληνικά ξινισμένος Ξινός Όξινος
Esperanto acerba acida
Español acedado acedar acedarse acedo acescente acidez acidificar acidificarse ácido acidular afectar agriado agriar agriarse agrio avinagrado avinagrar avinagrarse chocoya perjudicar
Eesti hapu
فارسی ترش
Suomi häpän hapannuttaa hapantua härski härskiintynyt kirpeä nyreä nyrpeä pilaantua pilata rikkoa särkeä särkyä taantua
Français acariâtre acerbe aigre rance revêche sour sur tourne
Gaeilge géar géaraigh
Galego acedo agre asmo chirlo mucio picado picar rabudo rever
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi ʻawa ʻawaʻawa
עברית חמוץ
हिन्दी खट्टा
Hrvatski mučio
Magyar fanyar savanyít savanyú
Հայերեն թթու
Bahasa Indonesia asam
Íslenska súr
Italiano agro degenerare deteriorarsi inasprire
日本語 すっぱい 酸っぱい
ქართული მჟავე
Қазақша қышқыл
ខ្មែរ ខ្មេះ ជូរ
한국어 비뚤어지다 시다 시어진 신
Kurdî aşam aşim êgr herb î î Kawa kîsel şûr şûr
Кыргызча кычкыл
Latina acesco acidus
ລາວ ສົມ
Lietuvių rūgštus
Latviešu skābēts skābs skābt
Te Reo Māori ī kawa
Македонски кисел кисела киселост скиснат
मराठी आंबट
Bahasa Melayu asam masam
Malti qares
မြန်မာဘာသာ ချဉ်
Nederlands zuur
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଆମ୍ବିଳିଆ
Polski gorzknieć kwaśnieć Kwaśny pokwaśnieć skwaśnieć zgorzknieć zjełczały
پښتو ترش
Português ácido azedar azedo azedume carrancudo coalhado rançoso
Română acid acreală Acru
Русский ки́слый прокисший
Slovenčina kyslý
Slovenščina kisel
Shqip thartë
Српски mučio
Svenska försurad grinig sur surna surnad surt syra syrlig whiskey sour
తెలుగు పులుపు
Тоҷикӣ туруш
ไทย ส้ม เปรี้ยว
Tagalog asim maasim
Türkçe Acımış asitli asık suratlı Bayat ekşi ekşimek
Українська кислий
اردو کھٹا
Oʻzbekcha achchiq nordon
Tiếng Việt chúa

Examples

““You know I like them candies, especially the lemon sours.””
“For many Years of Sorrow can dispense; A Dram of Sweet is worth a Pound of Sour”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

sour beer sour cherry sour corn sour cream sour crude sour diesel

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