souring

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
souring
    n 1: the process of becoming sour
from 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.
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         They keep out melancholy from the virtuous, and hinder
         the hatred of vice from souring into severity.
                                                  --Addison.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Souring \Sour"ing\, n. (Bot.)
   Any sour apple.
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from 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
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