'Souring' definitions:
Definition of 'souring'
(from WordNet)
noun
The process of becoming sour
Definition of 'Souring'
From: GCIDE
- Souring \Sour"ing\, n. (Bot.) Any sour apple. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Souring'
From: GCIDE
- Sour \Sour\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Soured; p. pr. & vb. n. Souring.] To become sour; to turn from sweet to sour; as, milk soon sours in hot weather; a kind temper sometimes sours in adversity. [1913 Webster]
- They keep out melancholy from the virtuous, and hinder the hatred of vice from souring into severity. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'souring'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acescence,
- acetification,
- acidification,
- acidulation,
- aggravation,
- amplification,
- annoyance,
- augmentation,
- contentiousness,
- deepening,
- deliberate aggravation,
- deterioration,
- embittering,
- embitterment,
- enhancement,
- enlargement,
- exacerbation,
- exasperation,
- fermentation,
- heightening,
- increase,
- intensification,
- irritation,
- magnification,
- provocation,
- sharpening,
- worsening
Words containing 'Souring'
- Sour,
- Soured,
- Sourly,
- Sourness,
- Sours,
- Sour John,
- Sour Lake,
- Sour dock,
- Sour gourd,
- Sour grapes,
- Sour gum,
- Sour plum,
- Sour tupelo,
- sour bread,
- sour cherry,
- sour cream,
- sour fig,
- sour grass,
- sour mash,
- sour milk,
- sour note,
- sour orange,
- sour salt,
- soured cream,
- whiskey sour,
- whisky sour,
- Sour John, OK,
- Sour Lake, TX,
- sour cherry tree,
- sour mash whiskey,
- sour-tasting,
- sour-gum family,
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