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sour

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

sourness, sour, acidity

n. the property of being acidic

sour, sourness, tartness

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

sour, acidify, acidulate, acetify

v. make sour or more sour

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sour

adj. having a sharp biting taste

sour, rancid

adj. smelling of fermentation or staleness

off, sour, turned

adj. in an unpalatable state; "sour milk"

false, off-key, sour

adj. inaccurate in pitch; "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key"

worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate

v. make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"

intensify

v. make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark

sharpen

v. make sharp or sharper; "sharpen the knives"

embitter, envenom, acerbate

v. cause to be bitter or resentful; "These injustices embittered her even more"

poison, envenom

v. add poison to; "Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her"

grate

v. furnish with a grate; "a grated fireplace"

pungent

adj. strong and sharp;"the pungent taste of radishes"; "the acrid smell of burning rubber"

bitter

adj. causing a sharp and acrid taste experience;"quinine is bitter"

piquant, savory, savoury, spicy, zesty

adj. having an agreeably pungent taste

sour

adj. one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons

poignant

adj. keenly distressing to the mind or feelings; "poignant anxiety"

pungent, acrid

adj. strong and sharp;"the pungent taste of radishes"; "the acrid smell of burning rubber"

tasteful

adj. having or showing or conforming to good taste

alliaceous

adj. smelling of onions or garlic

bilgy

adj. smelling like bilge water

fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking, ill-scented

adj. offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"

fusty, musty, frowsty

adj. stale and unclean smelling

gamey, gamy, high

adj. (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted

miasmic, mephitic

adj. of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution

niffy

adj. (British informal) malodorous

odoriferous, odorous

adj. emitting an odor; "odorous salt pork and weevily hardtack"

rank

adj. growing profusely; "rank jungle vegetation"

reeking

adj. giving off a strong unpleasant smell

fermented

adj. (soured)

discordant, disharmonious, dissonant, inharmonic

adj. lacking in harmony

unresolved, dissonant

adj. characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved

sweeten, dulcify, edulcorate, dulcorate

v. make sweeter in taste

sweet

adj. having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar

cloying, saccharine, syrupy, treacly

adj. overly sweet

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