(פ') להחמיץ; לגרום להחמצה; לעשות למר-נפש

(ש"ע) דבר חמוץ; משקה חמוץ

(ת') חמוץ; מר-נפש; "חמוץ", זעוף

חמוץ
(פ') להחמיץ, לגרום להחמצה

v. cause to turn sour; make bitter, disillusion; become sour; become disillusioned and resentful

n. one of the four primary tastes (along with bitter, salty and sweet); something with a sour flavor; alcoholic beverage made with lemon or lime juice mixed with sugar and whiskey or gin

adj. having a sour taste; bitter, disillusioned, resentful

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Noun
1. a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar
(hypernym) cocktail
(hyponym) whiskey sour, whisky sour
2. the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
(synonym) sourness, tartness
(hypernym) taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception
(hyponym) acidity, acidulousness
(derivation) acidify, acidulate, acetify
3. the property of being acidic
(synonym) sourness, acidity
(hypernym) taste property
(hyponym) acerbity, tartness
(derivation) acidify, acidulate, acetify

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Verb
1. go sour or spoil; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out"
(synonym) turn, ferment, work
(hypernym) change state, turn
(verb-group) ferment, work
(derivation) souring
2. make sour or more sour
(synonym) acidify, acidulate, acetify
(antonym) sweeten, dulcify, edulcorate, dulcorate
(hypernym) change taste
(derivation) sourness, acidity

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Adjective
1. smelling of fermentation or staleness
(synonym) rancid
(similar) malodorous, malodourous
2. having a sharp biting taste
(antonym) sweet
(similar) acerb, acerbic, astringent, sharp
(see-also) dry
3. one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons
(similar) tasteful
4. in an unpalatable state; "sour milk"
(synonym) off, turned
(similar) soured
5. inaccurate in pitch; "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key"
(synonym) false, off-key
(similar) inharmonious, unharmonious
6. showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd"
(synonym) dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sullen
(similar) ill-natured

v. ochladit

příd.jm. kyselý

Czas. psuć

Przym. kwaśny; skwaśniały; zsiadły; w złym humorze; psuć; kwaśno; zgorzkniale; cierpkość; zgorzknienie;

(v. t.)
To make unhappy, uneasy, or less agreeable.
  

(v. t.)
To make cold and unproductive, as soil.
  

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

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

(v. t.)
To cause or permit to become harsh or unkindly.
  

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

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

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

(superl.)
Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh.
  

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

(superl.)
Afflictive; painful.
  

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