English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of sour

sour

/adjective/ खट्टा; कटु; चिड़चिड़ा; अप्रिय; अप्रसन्न;
/verb/खट्टा करना; खट्टा होना; ; कड़वा;

Synonym tart; sarcastic; irritable; obnoxious; unhappy; acetify; clabber; amrous;

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English Dictionary:

1. Sour

[n.]

- A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.

2. Sour

[superl.]

- Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.
- Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or musty, turned.
- Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish; morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply.
- Afflictive; painful.
- Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh.

3. Sour

[v. i.]

- To become sour; to turn from sweet to sour; as, milk soon sours in hot weather; a kind temper sometimes sours in adversity.

4. Sour

[v. t.]

- To cause to become sour; to cause to turn from sweet to sour; as, exposure to the air sours many substances.
- To make cold and unproductive, as soil.
- To make unhappy, uneasy, or less agreeable.
- To cause or permit to become harsh or unkindly.
- To macerate, and render fit for plaster or mortar; as, to sour lime for business purposes.