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soury

soury adjective: somewhat sour.

Adjective

soury (comparative more soury, superlative most soury)

  1. (informal, rare) Somewhat sour.
    • We also had a Brazilian red wine called Grand Rouge NV Vinho Tinto de Mesa Seco Fino. It looked like cough syrup (all brown with almost no reddish/purplish hues), had a cough drops and beef stock nose and a soury taste with a bitter aftertaste.1993 September 7, Rudolph Erasmus, “Tasting of American Wines : Comments”, in rec.food.drink (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 Jul 2026
    • I've just bottled and test tasted it. It tasted quite sour.1994 March 6, <jho@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu>, “Soury taste before bottling :0”, in rec.crafts.brewing (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 Jul 2026
    Synonyms:
    sourish

Examples of soury in a sentence

  • If you want a soury taste let stand 5 hours.1997 July 28, Miriam P. Posvolsky, “re wheat bread?”, in rec.food.cooking (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 Jul 2026:
  • As you start pouring sugar into the mixture, the sweetness is off-set by the soury vinegar.1997 November 14, Cyberkalt, “Aunt Pol's Kitchen (somewhat OT [off-topic])”, in alt.fan.eddings (Usenet), archived from the original on 30...
  • vaginal juices? they have kind of a salty, slightly soury taste if you ask me...1998 January 14, Osei Allah, “Vaginal Juices”, in rec.music.hip-hop (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 Jul 2026:
  • It has a subtle soury taste, the consistency is appropriately airy.2003 January 25, TsatskeMitGroysseTsitskes, “How I discovered a soufflé by accident”, in rec.food.cooking (Usenet), archived from the...

Synonyms of soury

Forms of soury

comparativemore soury
superlativemost soury

Origin of soury

From sour + -y.

Questions about soury

What does soury mean?
Soury means somewhat sour.
How do you use soury in a sentence?
If you want a soury taste let stand 5 hours.
What part of speech is soury?
Soury is an adjective.

Words near soury in the dictionary

  1. sourveld
  2. sourvelds
  3. sourweed
  4. sourwood
  5. sourwoods
  6. soury
  7. sous
  8. sous chef
  9. sous chefs
  10. sous vide
  11. sous-

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