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soured

soured is the simple past and past participle of sour.

Meaning of sour

Verb

sour (third-person singular simple present sours, present participle souring, simple past and past participle soured)

  1. (transitive) To make sour.
    • Too much lemon juice will sour the recipe.
  2. (intransitive) To become sour.
    • So the sun's heat, with different powers, / Ripens the grape, the liquor sours.1720, Jonathan Swift, To Stella, on transcribing my Poems
  3. (transitive) To spoil or mar; to make disenchanted.
    • To sour your happiness I must report, / The queen is dead.1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
  4. (intransitive) To become disenchanted.
    • We broke up after our relationship soured.
  5. (transitive) To make (soil) cold and unproductive.
    • stagnant water , which tends to sour the soil1832, Joseph Harrison, Sir Joseph Paxton, The Horticultural Register, page 396
  6. To macerate (lime) and render it fit for plaster or mortar.

See all 21 meanings of sour

Adjective

soured (comparative more soured, superlative most soured)

  1. That has become or been made sour.

Forms of soured

comparativemore soured
superlativemost soured

Words formed from soured

Phrases with soured

Questions about soured

What does soured mean?
Soured means that has become or been made sour.
What is soured the simple past and past participle of?
Soured is the simple past and past participle of sour.
What part of speech is soured?
Soured is an adjective.

Words near soured in the dictionary

  1. sourdough
  2. sourdough bread
  3. sourdough breads
  4. sourdoughs
  5. sourds
  6. soured
  7. soured cream
  8. soured creams
  9. soured milk
  10. soured milks
  11. soured on

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