| Englisch > Deutsch | |
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| sour | |
| 1. sauer | |
| Englisch > Englisch | |
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| sour | |
| 1. adj. Having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste. |  |
| Lemons have a sour taste. | |
| 2. adj. Made rancid by fermentation, etc. | |
| sour milk | |
| 3. adj. Tasting or smelling rancid. | |
| sour stink | |
| 4. adj. Peevish or bad-tempered. | |
| He gave me a sour look. | |
| 5. adj. (of soil) Excessively acidic and thus infertile. | |
| sour land | |
| a sour marsh | |
| 6. adj. (of petroleum) Containing excess sulfur. | |
| 7. adj. Unfortunate or unfavorable. | |
| 8. adj. (music) Off-pitch, out of tune. | |
| 9. subst. The sensation of a sour taste. | |
| 10. subst. A drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar. | |
| 11. subst. (by extension) Any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice. | |
| 12. subst. A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect. | |
| 13. v. To make sour. | |
| Too much lemon juice will sour the recipe. | |
| 14. v. (intransitive) To become sour. | |
| 15. v. To spoil or mar; to make disenchanted. | |
| 16. v. (intransitive) To become disenchanted. | |
| We broke up after our relationship soured. | |
| 17. v. To make (soil) cold and unproductive. | |
| 18. v. To macerate (lime) and render it fit for plaster or mortar. | |
| Deutsch > Englisch | |
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| sauer | |
| 1. adj. sour; acid; acidic | |
| 2. adj. (informal) upset; annoyed; angry | |
| Meine Kollegen sehen immer sehr sauer aus, wenn ich komme. - My colleagues always look very salty when I arrive. | |
| 3. adj. (informal, rather rare) unpleasant | |
| eine saure Erfahrung - an unpleasant experience | |
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