Devolve and Sour

Devolve

Devolve verb - To become worse or of less value.
Usage example: the once-lovely neighborhood has devolved into a squalid slum

Sour and devolve are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sour" instead a verb "Devolve".

Nearby Words: devolution, devolving

Sour

Sour verb - To cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring.

Devolve and sour are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Devolve" instead a verb "Sour".

Nearby Words: sourness, soured, sourish, souring, sourly

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

humanity devolve humanity sour humanity
anyone devolve anyone sour anyone
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