Sour vs. Sweet

Souradjective

Having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste.

Souradjective

Made rancid by fermentation, etc.

Souradjective

Tasting or smelling rancid.

Souradjective

Peevish or bad-tempered.

Souradjective

Excessively acidic and thus infertile.

Souradjective

Containing excess sulfur.

Souradjective

Unfortunate or unfavorable.

Souradjective

(music) Off-pitch, out of tune.

Sournoun

The sensation of a sour taste.

Sournoun

A drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar.

Sournoun

(by extension) Any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice.

Sournoun

A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.

Sourverb

(transitive) To make sour.

Sourverb

(intransitive) To become sour.

Sourverb

(transitive) To spoil or mar; to make disenchanted.

Sourverb

(intransitive) To become disenchanted.

Sourverb

(transitive) To make (soil) cold and unproductive.

Sourverb

To macerate (lime) and render it fit for plaster or mortar.

Souradjective

Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.

Souradjective

Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or musty, turned.

Souradjective

Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish; morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply.

Souradjective

Afflictive; painful.

Souradjective

Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh.

Sournoun

A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.

Sourverb

To cause to become sour; to cause to turn from sweet to sour; as, exposure to the air sours many substances.

Sourverb

To make cold and unproductive, as soil.

Sourverb

To make unhappy, uneasy, or less agreeable.

Sourverb

To cause or permit to become harsh or unkindly.

Sourverb

To macerate, and render fit for plaster or mortar; as, to sour lime for business purposes.

Sourverb

To become sour; to turn from sweet to sour; as, milk soon sours in hot weather; a kind temper sometimes sours in adversity.

Sournoun

a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar

Sournoun

the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth

Sournoun

the property of being acidic

Sourverb

go sour or spoil;

Sourverb

make sour or more sour

Souradjective

smelling of fermentation or staleness

Souradjective

having a sharp biting taste

Souradjective

one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons

Souradjective

in an unpalatable state;

Souradjective

inaccurate in pitch;

Souradjective

showing a brooding ill humor;

Sweetadjective

Having a pleasant taste, especially one relating to the basic taste sensation induced by sugar.

Sweetadjective

Having a taste of sugar.

Sweetadjective

Containing a sweetening ingredient.

Sweetadjective

(wine) Retaining a portion of sugar.

Sweetadjective

Not having a salty taste.

Sweetadjective

Having a pleasant smell.

Sweetadjective

Not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale.

Sweetadjective

Having a pleasant sound.

Sweetadjective

Having a pleasing disposition.

Sweetadjective

Having a helpful disposition.

Sweetadjective

(mineralogy) Free from excessive unwanted substances like acid or sulphur.

Sweetadjective

(informal) Very pleasing; agreeable.

Sweetadjective

}} Romantically fixated, enamored (followed by with), fond (followed by of).

Sweetadjective

(obsolete) Fresh; not salt or brackish.

Sweetadjective

Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair.

Sweetadverb

In a sweet manner.

Sweetnoun

(uncountable) The basic taste sensation induced by sugar.

Sweetnoun

A confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a candy.

Sweetnoun

A food eaten for dessert.

Sweetnoun

sweetheart; darling.

Sweetnoun

(obsolete) That which is sweet or pleasant in odour; a perfume.

Sweetnoun

(obsolete) Sweetness, delight; something pleasant to the mind or senses.

Sweetadjective

Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; - opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.

Sweetadjective

Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.

Sweetadjective

Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer.

Sweetadjective

Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.

Sweetadjective

Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water.

Sweetadjective

Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.

Sweetadjective

Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.

Sweetnoun

That which is sweet to the taste; - used chiefly in the plural.

Sweetnoun

That which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume.

Sweetnoun

That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the sweets of domestic life.

Sweetnoun

One who is dear to another; a darling; - a term of endearment.

Sweetadverb

Sweetly.

Sweetverb

To sweeten.

Sweetnoun

English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)

Sweetnoun

a dish served as the last course of a meal

Sweetnoun

a food rich in sugar

Sweetnoun

the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth

Sweetnoun

the property of containing sugar

Sweetadjective

having a pleasant taste (as of sugar)

Sweetadjective

having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub;

Sweetadjective

pleasing to the ear;

Sweetadjective

one of the four basic taste sensations; very pleasant; like the taste of sugar or honey

Sweetadjective

pleasing to the senses;

Sweetadjective

pleasing to the mind or feeling;

Sweetadjective

having a natural fragrance;

Sweetadjective

(used of wines) having a sweet taste

Sweetadjective

not soured or preserved;

Sweetadjective

with sweetening added

Sweetadjective

not having a salty taste;

Sweetadverb

in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly');

Sweetadjective

having the pleasant taste characteristic of sugar or honey; not salt, sour, or bitter

Sweetadjective

(of air, water, or food) fresh, pure, and untainted

Sweetadjective

smelling pleasant like flowers or perfume; fragrant

Sweetadjective

pleasing in general; delightful

Sweetadjective

highly satisfying or gratifying

Sweetadjective

used in expressions of assent or approval

Sweetadjective

working, moving, or done smoothly or easily

Sweetadjective

(of sound) melodious or harmonious

Sweetadjective

denoting music, especially jazz, played at a steady tempo without improvisation.

Sweetadjective

(of a person or action) pleasant and kind or thoughtful

Sweetadjective

charming and endearing

Sweetadjective

infatuated or in love with

Sweetadjective

dear; beloved

Sweetadjective

used as a respectful form of address

Sweetadjective

used for emphasis in various phrases and exclamations

Sweetnoun

a small shaped piece of confectionery made with sugar

Sweetnoun

a sweet dish forming a course of a meal; a pudding or dessert.

Sweetnoun

used as an affectionate form of address

Sweetnoun

the sweet part or element of something

Sweetnoun

the pleasures or delights found in something