Clues for the word "SOUR"
We've had 186 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 422 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on April 19, 2026.
Definition of sour
- superl. - Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.
- superl. - Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or musty, turned.
- superl. - Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish; morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply.
- superl. - Afflictive; painful.
- superl. - Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh.
- n. - A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
- v. t. - To cause to become sour; to cause to turn from sweet to sour; as, exposure to the air sours many substances.
- v. t. - To make cold and unproductive, as soil.
- v. t. - To make unhappy, uneasy, or less agreeable.
- v. t. - To cause or permit to become harsh or unkindly.
- v. t. - To macerate, and render fit for plaster or mortar; as, to sour lime for business purposes.
- 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.
Referring Clues
- Whisky drink
- Off, as a note
- Down (on)
- Causing puckering, perhaps
- Become disenchanted
- Kind of grapes
- Like a 45-Down orange
- Like a lime
- GRUMPY
- Whiskey ___
- Bar order
- Go bad
- Whiskey drink
- None too pleasant
- Like a lemon
- Skittles variety
- Making the mouth pucker, say
- Like some grapes
- GROUCHY
- Mouth-puckering
- Turn
- Like Aesop's grapes
- Acidic
- Like proverbial unobtainable grapes
- Unpleasant
- Tart-tasting
- Having an acid taste
- Become disillusioned
- Whiskey concoction
- Like some notes
- Kind of cream
- Pickle choice
- Like a basic taste sensation
- Unsavory
- Whiskey cocktail
- Turn bad
- Off-pitch
- Off-key
- Grow displeased
- Lemony
- Ill-humored
- Like vinegar
- Like some dispositions
- Crabby
- Whisky concoction
- One of the basic tastes
- Like a crab apple
- Like lemons
- Go bad, as milk
- Whiskey go-with
- In a foul mood
- Type of grapes
- Like some dough
- Word with grapes or milk
- Making the mouth pucker
- Lip-puckering
- Acerbic
- Peevish, as a puss
- No good, as milk
- Causing the lips to pucker
- Like unripe apples
- Tart
- Sweet companion
- Word with puss or pickle
- Like some Gummi Bears
- Ill-tempered
- Curdle
- Mixed drink
- Bad-tempered
- Acidic-tasting
- Sweet's partner
- Pucker-producing
- Disenchanted
- Kind of bar drink
- Curmudgeonly
- Turn, in a sense
- Like limes
- Ill-natured
- Sweet mate
- Sweet mate
- Tart to the taste
- Whiskey order
- Causing face-clenching, maybe
- Taste sensation
- Excessively acidic
- Turn in the fridge
- Like some expressions
- Acetic
- Like lemon juice
- Cocktail order
- Like old milk
- Like a kumquat's center
- Fermented, as milk
- Lemony in taste
- Pucker-inducing
- Lemony-tasting
- ___ cream
- Lemon description
- Vinegary
- Sweet's opposite
- How some pickles taste
- Bad way to turn
- Tasting like lemon juice
- Stomach turning
- Tasting like lemons
- Peevish
- Inaccurately pitched
- Like immature grapes
- Definitely not sweet
- Disagreeable
- Like lemons, e.g.
- Like SweeTarts
- ___ grapes
- Like grapefruit
- Spoiled
- Opposite of sweet
- How a lemon tastes
- Become bitter
- Morose
- Acidulous
- Like a lime or lemon
- Like grumpy expressions
- Like some gummy candy
- Resentful
- Note that's hit when an album bombs
- STP's "Girl"
- Turned - morose
- Acid
- Moody - acid
- Coming from an embittered source?
- Thus, for half an hour, is bitter
- Gone bad
- Like some apples and grapes
- Causing one's lips to pucker
- Having an acidic taste
- Bitter
- Point on which the Guardian's embittered
- Like Greek yogurt
- Like green persimmons
- Turn, as milk
- Pessimistic
- Old, as milk
- Sweet & ___
- See 26
- KO certain, without reaching last round
- Embittered
- Lemony cocktail
- Like a lemon's flavor
- Like crab apples
- Like some cream
- Sweet? No
- Pickle variety
- Like some cream and pickles
- Like Lemonhead candy
- Sweet-and-___
- Like some pickles
- Like some gummies
- Like lemons and limes
- Sweet and ___ soup
- Rotten
- Tart, bitter
- Go bad, as relations
- Sweet companion?
- Like tamarind
- Rancid
- Sweet's counterpart
- [See notepad]
- ___ Patch Kids
- Not even close to sweet
- "___ Prom" (Olivia Rodrigo concert film)
- Like the taste of gooseberries
- Like the taste of yuzu
- Puckery
- Coming from an embittered source?
- Like the taste of lemons
- Like unripe grapes
- Like the taste of rhubarb
- Olivia Rodrigo's debut album
- Like green apples and lemons
- Mouth-puckering taste
- ___ Patch Kids (gummy candy)
- One of the five basic tastes
- Like some beer served in a tulip glass
- Like the taste of calamansi
- Turned
- Like kimchi and umeboshi
Last Seen In
- New York Times - April 19, 2026
- LA Times - April 10, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 28, 2026
- LA Times - March 27, 2026
- New York Times - March 14, 2026
- LA Times - February 22, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 21, 2026
- LA Times - February 15, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - February 03, 2026
- Daily American - January 09, 2026
- Daily American - January 05, 2026
- Daily American - December 28, 2025
- Daily American - December 22, 2025
- Daily American - December 17, 2025
- Your Life Choices - December 11, 2025
- New York Times - November 23, 2025
- LA Times - October 27, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 27, 2025
- Your Life Choices - September 15, 2025
- Daily American - August 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 11, 2025
- New York Times - August 08, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - August 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 01, 2025
- Daily American - July 13, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 12, 2025
- LA Times - April 29, 2025
- Family Time - March 23, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - March 20, 2025
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