soured

Adjective
US[sou-erd]/ˈsaʊɚd/2 syllables

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)

  1. having turned badOpposite unsouredSimilar off, sourSee also sour
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

“soured” is listed under Sour.

Sour intransitive verb [past tense & past participle Soured; present participle & verbal noun Souring.]

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

They keep out melancholy from the virtuous, and hinder the hatred of vice from souring into severity.— Joseph Addison

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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