SOUR Synonyms

• sour or bitter in taste

• harsh or corrosive in tone

• sour or bitter in taste

• harsh or corrosive in tone

• relating to or containing acetic acid

• being or containing an acid; of a solution having an excess of hydrogen atoms (having a pH of less than 7)

• being sour to the taste

• being sour to the taste

• strong and sharp

• harsh or corrosive in tone

• tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue

• a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals

• sour or bitter in taste

• capable of wounding

• causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold

• English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)

• the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth

• the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste

• extremely and sharply

• marked by strong resentment or cynicism

• very difficult to accept or bear

• harsh or corrosive in tone

• expressive of severe grief or regret

• proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity

• causing a sharp and acrid taste experience

• causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold

• make bitter

• any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue

• the envelope of light rays reflected or refracted by a curved surface or object

• harsh or corrosive in tone

• of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

• of or related to citric acid

• of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles

• unpleasantly stern

• unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

• severe

• sharply disagreeable; rigorous

• tasting sour like a lemon

• having an agreeably pungent taste

• engagingly stimulating or provocative

• attracting or delighting

• strong and sharp

• capable of wounding

• keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point

• having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing

• (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone

• a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named

• a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point

• changing suddenly in direction and degree

• (of something seen or heard) clearly defined

• ending in a sharp point

• having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

• marked by practical hardheaded intelligence

• harsh

• having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones

• dangerously steep

• very sudden and in great amount or degree

• quick and forceful

• tasting sour like a lemon

• tasting or smelling like vinegar

• having a sour disposition; ill-tempered

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

• the property of being acidic

• a sullen moody resentful disposition