SYNONYMS FOR sour
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Origin of sour
First recorded before 1000; Middle English (adjective and noun) sure, soure, Old English sūr (adjective); cognate with German sauer, Dutch zuur, Old Norse sūrr
OTHER WORDS FROM sour
Words nearby sour
soup plate, soupspoon, soup-to-nuts, soup up, soupy, sour, sourball, sourberry, source, source amnesia, source book
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British Dictionary definitions for sour (1 of 2)
sour
/ (ˈsaʊə) /
adjective
noun
verb
to make or become sour
Derived forms of sour
sourish, adjectivesourly, adverbsourness, nounWord Origin for sour
Old English sūr; related to Old Norse sūrr, Lithuanian suras salty, Old Slavonic syrŭ wet, raw, surovu green, raw, Sanskrit surā brandy
British Dictionary definitions for sour (2 of 2)
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