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sour

How many syllables in sour?

  1 syllable

Divide sour into syllables:   sour
Syllable stress:   sour
How to say sour:

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Synonyms for sour


1 syllable
  • bad
  • green
  • off
  • sharp
  • taint
  • turn
  • dour
  • harm
  • ripe
  • spoil
  • tart
2 syllables
  • acid
  • bitter
  • go off
  • rancid
  • acrid
  • curdle
  • go sour
  • ruin
3 syllables
  • acidic
  • embitter
  • resentful
4 syllables
5 syllables
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    What rhymes with sour

    1 syllable
    • dour
    • gaur
    • hour
    • scour
    • tour
    • flour
    • giaour
    • our
    • Stour
    2 syllables
    • bower
    • clowlike
    • devour
    • dowers
    • glower
    • lower
    • power
    • shower
    • clower
    • cower
    • dower
    • flower
    • Gower
    • plower
    • scourage
    • tower
    3 syllables
    • empower
    • MPH
    4 syllables
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