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sourer

sourer is the comparative form of sour.

Meaning of sour

Adjective

sour (comparative sourer, superlative sourest)

  1. Tasting of acidity.
    • Lemons have a sour taste.
  2. Made rancid by fermentation, etc.
    • Don't drink that milk; it's turned sour.
  3. Tasting or smelling rancid.
    • His sour breath makes it unpleasing to talk to him.
  4. Hostile or unfriendly.
    • He gave me a sour look.
  5. Excessively acidic and thus infertile. (of soil)
    • sour land
  6. Containing excess sulfur. (of petroleum)
    • sour gas smells like rotten eggs

See all 21 meanings of sour

Noun

sourer (plural sourers)

  1. (rare) That which makes something sour.

Forms of sourer

pluralsourers

Questions about sourer

What does sourer mean?
Sourer means that which makes something sour.
What is sourer the comparative form of?
Sourer is the comparative form of sour.
What part of speech is sourer?
Sourer is a noun.
What is the plural of sourer?
The plural of sourer is sourers.

Words near sourer in the dictionary

  1. souredness
  2. souren
  3. sourened
  4. sourening
  5. sourens
  6. sourer
  7. sourers
  8. sourest
  9. soureth
  10. sourfaced
  11. sourfaux

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