sour
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sour |
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abrupt, absonant, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acerbity, acescency, acescent, acetify, acid,
acidic, acidify, acidity,
acidulant, acidulate, acidulated, acidulent, acidulous, acidulousness, acrid, acrimonious, aftertaste, agent provocateur, aggravate, amaroidal,
amplify, annoy, asperous,
astringent, atonal, augment, bad-tempered, bad, bilious, biting, bitter, bitter as gall, blown, bread-and-butter pickle, brusque, build up, cacophonous, caustic, chokecherry, choleric, churlish, coarse, crab, crab apple, crabbed, crabby, cracked, cranky, cross, crusty, curdle, curdled,
curt, cutting, deepen, deteriorate, diaphonic, dill
pickle, disagreeable, disconsonant, discontented, discordant, disenchant,
disharmonic, disharmonious, dislikable, displeasing, dissonant, distasteful, dry, dryness, dyspeptic, edgy, embitter,
embittered, enhance, enlarge, envenom, escharotic, exacerbate, exasperate, ferment, fermented, flat, flavor, frowy, gamy, gloomy, go bad, go off, gone off, grating, green, green apple, greenness, grouchy, gust, hard, harsh, heat up, heighten, high, hot up,
hyperacidity, ill-natured, ill-tempered, immelodious, impatient, increase, inharmonic, inharmonious, intensify, irritate, irritating, jaundiced, keen, lemon,
lime, magnify, make acute,
make worse, mordant, morose,
musicless, nasty, nonmelodious, nose-tickling, off-key, off-tone, off, out of pitch, out of tone, out of
tune, palate, peeve, peevish, penetrating, petulant, pickle, pickled, piercing,
piquant, poignant, provoke, pungency, pungent, rancid, rank, raucous,
reechy, relish, rough,
salt, sapidity, sapor, savor, savoriness, sec, severe, sharp, sharpen, shrill, smack, snappish, sour-tempered, sour as vinegar, sour balls, sour cream,
sour grapes, sour pickle, sourdough, soured, sourish, sourishness,
sourness, spoil, spoiled, spoilt, stale, stinging, stomach, strident, strong, subacidity, sullen, sweet, tainted, tang,
tart, tartish, tartishness, tartness, taste, terrible, testy, thankless, tongue, tooth, trenchant, tuneless,
turn, turn sour, turned, ugly, unalluring, unappealing,
unappetizing, unattractive, undelectable, undelicious, undesirable, unengaging,
unenjoyable, unharmonious, uninviting, unlikable, unmelodious, unmusical, unpalatable, unpleasant, unpleasing, unripe, unripeness,
unsavory, unsweet, unsweetened,
unsweetness, untasteful, untunable, untuned, untuneful, unwelcome, verjuice,
vex, vinegar, vinegariness,
vinegarish, vinegarishness, vinegary, vitriolic, worsen, yogurt
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sour grapes |
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acid, acidulant, belittling, bread-and-butter pickle, chokecherry, comedown, contempt, crab apple, decrial,
depreciation, derogation, detraction, dill pickle, disapproval, discrediting, disgrace, disparagement, faint praise, green apple, indignity, knocking, lemon, lime, lukewarm support, minimizing, pickle, putting down, slighting, sour, sour balls,
sour cream, sour pickle, sourdough, verjuice, vinegar, yogurt
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sour note |
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atonalism, atonality, cacophony, clinker, discord, discordance, discordancy, disharmony, dissonance,
dissonancy, dissonant chord, flatness, inharmoniousness, inharmony, off note, sharpness,
sourness, stridor, tunelessness,
unharmoniousness, unmusicality, untunefulness, wolf
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Main entries similar to: sour
acerbic, acerbity, acid, acidify, acidity, acrid, aftertaste, aggravate, amplify, annoy, astringent, atonal, augment, bad, bilious, biting, bitter, bleach,
blown, build up, cantankerous, caustic, choleric, coarse, crabbed, cracked, curdle, cutting, decay, deepen, deteriorate, disagreeable, disconsonant,
discordant, disharmonious, displeasing, dissonant, distasteful,
dour, drink, dry, dryness, dyspeptic, embitter, embittered, enhance, enlarge, envenom, exacerbate, ferment, flat, flavor, gamy, glum, go, grating, green, greenness, gruff, gust, hard, harsh, heat up, heighten,
high, hostile, hot up, ill-natured, ill-tempered, increase, inharmonious, intensify, irritate, irritating, jaundiced, keen, lemon,
lime, magnify, mean, mordant, musty, nose-tickling, off, off-key, palate, penetrating, peroxide, petulant, pickle, pickled, piercing, piquant, poignant, provoke, pungency, pungent, querulous, rancid, rank, raucous, relish, rotten, rough, salt,
savor, sec, severe, sharp, sharpen, shrill, smack, sour
grapes, sourdough, soured, stale, stern, stinging, stomach, strident, strong, sullen, sweet, tainted, tang, tart,
thankless, tongue, tooth, trenchant, tuneless, turn, ugly, unalluring,
unappealing, unappetizing, unattractive, undesirable, unenjoyable,
unhappy, uninviting, unlikable, unmelodious, unmusical, unpalatable, unpleasant, unripe, unsavory, unsweet, unwelcome, vinegar, vinegarish, vitriolic, worsen, yogurt
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