Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the process of becoming sour;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Souring \Sour"ing\, n. (Bot.)
Any sour apple.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
souring
n 1: the process of becoming sour
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "souring":
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