sour
adjective
having an acid taste, resembling that of vinegar, lemon juice, etc.; tart.
soured
Example Sentences
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Wall Street grew more worried over Netflix’s viewership trends on Tuesday, as investors soured on the streaming giant’s sales outlook and stumbles in its advertising business.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
Football has not been the winner and the whole game has been soured by this story, not just the Premier League.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
But experts say Malaysian attitudes towards migrants, particularly the Rohingya, soured during the Covid-19 pandemic when they became targets of misinformation about the disease.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Fourteen years later, Graham returns to Salzburg as an attorney, after the program has matured, to discover something has soured.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
How could it be otherwise, when Helen, at all times and under all circumstances, evinced for me a quiet and faithful friendship, which ill-humour never soured, nor irritation never troubled?
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
