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sourful

sourful adjective: characterised by sourness (all senses).

Adjective

sourful (comparative more sourful, superlative most sourful)

  1. (figuratively, literal) Characterised by sourness (all senses)
    • Because of their politically sourful and humorless attitudes, the most frequently targeted political groups were conservatives and Republicans.1979, Joseph Boskin, Humor and social change in twentieth-century America, page 96
    • Why me? Why did this happen to me? Seeping into a sourful scorn, I questioned, Of all the officers in Nam, all the infantry officers even, how many have gotten in a mess like this?1992, Steve Maguire, Jungle in black, page 97

Forms of sourful

comparativemore sourful
superlativemost sourful

Origin of sourful

From sour + -ful.

Questions about sourful

What does sourful mean?
Sourful means characterised by sourness (all senses).
What part of speech is sourful?
Sourful is an adjective.

Words near sourful in the dictionary

  1. sourers
  2. sourest
  3. soureth
  4. sourfaced
  5. sourfaux
  6. sourful
  7. sourgrass
  8. sourgrasses
  9. sourgum
  10. sourgums
  11. sourhead

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