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sour


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TO SPOIL SOMETHING


Our friendship soured after the argument, and we just drifted apart.

Synonyms and examples


spoil
Don't spoil the movie by telling me what happens!
ruin
I put too much salt in the sauce and ruined it.
deface
Many of the library books had been defaced.
disfigure
Her face was disfigured by the scar.
poison
The long dispute has poisoned relations between the two countries.
mess up
informal
Laurie's illness has completely messed up all our holiday plans.
screw up
informal
That new software has really screwed up my computer.
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If you spoil something, you destroy or reduce the pleasure, beauty, or interest of something.

NOT LIKING OR BEING PLEASANT TOWARDS OTHERS


Don't be so sour - cheer up and join the party!

Synonyms and examples


unfriendly
The crowd was unfriendly and dangerous.
cool
She was very cool towards his new wife.
cold
She's a cold, heartless woman.
icy
He gave me an icy stare.
glacial
Her reception of him was glacial.
frosty
He gave the neighbour's misbehaving children a frosty look before going indoors.
distant
My father was very distant, but I suppose all men of his generation were.
remote
Her manner was remote and intimidating.
aloof
The dowager was aloof and uninterested in conversation.
standoffish
informaldisapproving
Now is not the time to be so standoffish.
offish
UK
She's the more offish of the two sisters.
dour
He's a dour old man who enjoys nothing more than complaining.
prickly
informal
He's normally easy-going, but if you ask him about his ex-wife, he gets rather prickly.
hostile
The opposition candidate is quite hostile to the current Parliament.
antagonistic
He was dismissed for being combative and antagonistic towards his supervisor.

Antonyms and examples


friendly
He offered me a friendly smile.
warm
She had an open and warm personality.
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A person who does not like or is not pleasant towards others is unfriendly.

sour | American Thesaurus


sour


adjective
These are words and phrases related to sour. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of sour.
These pickles are too sour.

Synonyms


tart
acid
vinegary
tangy
sharp
keen
acerbic
astringent

Antonyms


sweet
bland
mild
Does the milk taste sour?.

Synonyms


spoiled
turned
fermented
rancid
curdled
bad
clabbered

Antonyms


fresh
unspoiled
The baby's clothes have a sour odor.

Synonyms


offensive
nasty
repugnant
distasteful
unsavory
unpleasant

Antonyms


sweet
pleasant
agreeable
savory
fresh
She glanced at the noisy child with a sour expression.

Synonyms


disagreeable
nasty
unpleasant
peevish
surly
choleric
bad-tempered
bilious
crabbed
crabby
jaundiced
dour
petulant
uncivil
sullen
ill-humored
ill-tempered
cranky
waspish
tart
testy
acidulous
irritable
grouchy

Antonyms


sweet
agreeable
pleasant
gracious
amiable
affable
good-natured
good-humored

sour


verb
The cream soured in the trunk of the car. Too much heat soured the wine.

Synonyms


spoil
become spoiled
ferment
become fermented
curdle
turn
A lonely childhood soured the boy. An unhappy romance soured her on men.

Synonyms


embitter
ill-dispose
make disagreeable
make unpleasant
jaundice
make bad-tempered
make cynical
make pessimistic
prejudice
alienate
turn off
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