sourful
English
Etymology
From sour + -ful.
Adjective
sourful (comparative more sourful, superlative most sourful)
- (literally, figuratively) Characterised by sourness (all senses)
- 1979, Joseph Boskin, Humor and social change in twentieth-century America, page 96:
- Because of their politically sourful and humorless attitudes, the most frequently targeted political groups were conservatives and Republicans.
- 1992, Steve Maguire, Jungle in black, page 97:
- Why me? Why did this happen to me? Seeping into a sourful scorn, I questioned, Of all the officers in Nam, all the infantry officers even, how many have gotten in a mess like this?
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