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sour grapes

/ˌsaʊə ˈɡreɪps/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˌsaʊə ˈɡreɪps/
ˌsaʊəˈɡreɪps
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2 syllables
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2nd syllable stress
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ˌsaʊə - ˈɡreɪps -> sour grapes

Myanmar meaning

လိုချင်တာမရ၍ မကောင်းပြောပြီး စွန့်လွှတ်ခြင်း။

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sour /'saƱǝ(r)/ adj

၁။ (က) ချဉ်သော။ sour gooseberries ❍ This apple is really sour! (ခ) ချဉ်[သော]။ The milk's turned sour. ❍ a sour smell.
၂။ စိတ်ကုန်သော။ အောက်သိုးသိုး။ ရှစ်ခေါက်ချိုး။ မကြည်မသာ။ a sour and disillusioned man ❍ What a sour face she has! ❍ The meeting ended on a sour note with several delegates walking out.
v အချဉ်ပေါက်သည်။ အချဉ်တည်သည်။ soured cream ❍ The hot weather soured the milk ❍ (fig ) His personality has soured. သူ၏စိတ်နေစိတ်ထားမှာ စိတ်ကုန်သွားပုံပေါက်သည်။ ❍ The dispute soured relations between the allies. ဒီအငြင်းပွားမှုကြောင့် မဟာမိတ်တို့မှာ ခပ်တန်းတန်းဖြစ်သွားသည်။
❏ go/turn sour [IDM ] ခွာပြဲ သည်။ စိတ်ကုန်သည်။ Their relationship soon went sour. သူတို့နှစ်ဦး ခွာပြဲကြလေသည်။ ❍ His original enthusiasm has turned sour. မူလက တက်တက်ကြွကြွရှိရာက စိတ်ကုန်သွားသည်။
❏ sour cream n [U] (ဟင်းချက်ရာတွင်သုံးသော)ဒိန်ချဉ်။
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❏ sour grapes [IDM ](saying ) မစားရသည့် စပျစ်သီး ချဉ်သည်(ဟူသောဆိုရိုး)။ He says he didn't want to marry her anyway, but that's just sour grapes. See also SWEET-AND-SOUR sourly adv
❏ sourness n [U] အချဉ်ဓာတ်။ ရှုသိုးသိုး။
the sourness of the fruit ❍ the sourness of her expression.

More examples
  • The beer tasted slightly sour.
  • The milk’s gone sour.
  • When I said hello, he gave me a really sour look!
Synonyms
acid, tart, bitter, acerbic, vinegary, acerb, acetic, acetose, acetous, acidic, acidify, acidulated, acrid, acrimonious, aftertaste, alienate, astringent, bad, bad-tempered, biting, briny, caustic, churlish, crabby, curdle, curdled, cutting, cynical, damage, disagreeable, discontented, disenchant, displeasing, dry, embitter, embittered, envenom, exacerbate, exasperate, ferment, fermented, fetid, go bad, go off, go sour, green, grouchy, grudging, harm, hostile, ill-natured, ill-tempered, irritable, jaundiced, keen, make sour, musty, off, on edge, palatableness, peevish, peppery, piquant, pungent, rancid, rank, resentful, rotten, ruin, salty, sapidity, savoriness, sharp, soured, sourish, spoil, stinging, taint, tangy, tartness, taste, turn, turn off, turned, unfriendly, ungenerous, unhappy, unpleasant, unripe, unsavory, unwholesome, waspish, with a kick
Antonyms
agreeable, blah, bland, calm, cheerful, comfort, complimentary, content, cordial, dull, encourage, excite, fresh, friendly, good, happy, help, improve, incite, kind, mild, nice, pleasant, sweet, tasteless, tasty, wonderful
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acidtartbitteracerbicvinegaryacerbaceticacetoseacetousacidicacidifyacidulatedacridacrimoniousaftertastealienateastringentbadbad-temperedbitingbrinycausticchurlishcrabbycurdlecurdledcuttingcynical
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