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peevish, snappish, edgy, sullen, morose, gloomy, discontented:
The waitress's sour expression matched her sour disposition.
--v. 5 turn, spoil, curdle, go bad or off, ferment: Milk sours
quickly in this climate if you don't refrigerate it. 6
embitter, acerbate, disenchant, exasperate, vex, Colloq peeve:
Being forced to practise for hours when a child was what soured
my enjoyment of playing the piano.
source n. 1 fountain-head, well-spring, origin, provenance,
provenience, inception, start, outset, beginning, root(s),
commencement, rise: We set out to find the source of the Blue
Nile. The mineral bauxite is the source of aluminium. 2
originator, author, creator, begetter: Who is credited as the
source of this quotation? 3 authority, documentation;
informant, Colloq horse's mouth: To verify the information, go
to the source.
sovereign n. 1 monarch, ruler, emperor, empress, king, queen, prince,
princess, potentate, chief, master, mistress, shah, sultan;
Akund (of Swat), Gaekwar (of Baroda), Nizam (of Hyderabad),
Mehtar (of Chitral), Nucifrage of Nuremberg, Sheikh of Araby,
Colloq supremo: She is the sovereign and must be obeyed.
--adj. 2 supreme, paramount, highest, principal, foremost,
greatest, predominant, dominant, ranking, leading, chief,
superior, pre-eminent, ruling, regnant, reigning, governing,
all-powerful, absolute, unlimited: The first-born of the
monarch is vested with sovereign authority upon the monarch's
death. 3 royal, regal, majestic, noble, lordly, aristocratic,
kingly, queenly: He was hailed as the sovereign ruler of all
the islands.
sovereignty
n. suzerainty, hegemony, dominion, rule, pre-eminence, power,
jurisdiction, authority, leadership, command, sway, supremacy,
ascendancy, primacy: Anyone who doubted his sovereignty was
seized and thrown into a dungeon.
sow v. seed, disseminate, broadcast, plant: The grand vizier sowed
the seeds of dissension amongst the subjects of the caliph.
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