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Grammar : Verb |
Spell : souuhr, sou-er |
Phonetic Transcription : saʊər, ˈsaʊ ər |
Definition of soured
Origin :- Old English sur "sour, tart, acid, fermented," from Proto-Germanic *sura- "sour" (cf. Old Norse surr, Middle Dutch suur, Dutch zuur, Old High German sur, German Sauer), from PIE root *suro- "sour, salty, bitter" (cf. Old Church Slavonic syru, Russian syroi "moist, raw;" Lithuanian suras "salty," suris "cheese").
- French sur "sour, tart" (12c.) is a Germanic loan-word. Meaning :having a peevish disposition" is from early 13c. Sense in whisky sour (1885) is "with lemon added" (1862). Sour cream is attested from 1855.
- verb alienate
- That he had needed a stimulant that day was because he had been soured and would not try with his wits about him.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- May he not be worthier, at all events, than this soured temper and erring heart?
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- She cannot love again; but she is not soured by her experience.
- Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
- He had suffered so much; it was not surprising if his disposition had soured!
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- But Israel returned to his home with a soured and darkened mind.
- Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
- I was soured, and my life had hardly been such a life as it was meet to bring into contact with your own.
- Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini
- She conquered a crusty old woman, who was soured to all the world.
- Extract from : « Kristy's Rainy Day Picnic » by Olive Thorne Miller
- The milk of human kindness is soured by the intense summer heat.
- Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum
- If, then, he did not enjoy himself on his visit, he came away from it soured and ill-humored.
- Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever
- In short, all I did to please her soured her, God so permitting it.
- Extract from : « The Autobiography of Madame Guyon » by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
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