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noun

Definition of souringnext
as in estrangement
the loss of friendship or affection the souring of the business partnership led to an ugly legal battle

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souring

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verb

present participle of sour
as in angering
to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring a misunderstanding that soured their relationship for a long time

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for souring
  1. angering
  2. alienation
  3. alienating
  4. divorce
Verb
  • Around 10 individuals ran onto the court waving Palestinian flags, angering hundreds of attendees from the French Jewish community cheering for the Israeli team.
    Bradford Betz, Fox News, 19 Dec. 2024
  • With some true detective work, Flueger quickly discovers that pigeons are trying to claim squatter rights a bit too close higher up, angering the furry felines.
    Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of angering
Noun
  • Advertisement Both films also feature world-famous actors trying to disappear into beloved characters who have become so woven into the popular consciousness that any variation risks alienation.
    Valli Herman, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The movie would work if it weren’t set at Christmas, but the holiday cheer ratchets up the sense of alienation and despair.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of alienation
Verb
  • But any prolonged Israeli occupation risks alienating Syrians and providing Iran with a pretext to reactivate its anti-Israel agenda in Syria.
    Hamidreza Azizi, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
  • These alienating qualities don’t hold Prophecy or its characters back; the Sisters’ moral turpitude drives both the empire and the intrigue forward.
    Emma Stefansky, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of alienating
Noun
  • What To Know The number of divorces in Russia from 2022 to 2023 stayed roughly the same, with a slight increase, as there were 683,638 divorces last year and 682,883 the year prior, according to Rosstat, Russia's Federal State Statistics Service.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
  • The image depicted the gang all dressed up in black tie attire and missing one person: Kris Humphries, whom Kim had filed for divorce just one month before the card was released.
    Kate Hogan, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of divorce
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