sourball
Americannoun
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a round piece of hard candy with a tart or acid fruit flavoring.
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Informal. a chronic grouch.
Etymology
Origin of sourball
Example Sentences
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The much-needed sourball who kept the proceedings from turning sickly sweet, Petra began the series as Rafael’s wife and thus Jane’s foil.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2019
An uneasy, tonally awkward testament to the sourball heart of the candy-colored American Dream, George Clooney’s “Suburbicon” can’t be described as a home run.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 24, 2017
Reviewers had praised them, ranked Weidman with such sourball writers as John O'Hara, James M. Cain, Hemingway.
From Time Magazine Archive
They were good-natured enough while the girls were about, but over their work and during their leisure, they developed what Honey described as every kind of blue-bean, sourball, katzenjammer and grouch.
From Angel Island by Gillmore, Inez Haynes
Ralph Addington degenerated into what Honey described as "the human sourball."
From Angel Island by Gillmore, Inez Haynes
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