Rotten
Rotten adjective - Having undergone organic breakdown.
Usage example: rotten, smelly meat that should have been thrown out
Sour is a synonym for rotten in decaying topic. In some cases you can use "Sour" instead an adjective "Rotten", when it comes to topics like quality, despicable, decayed.
Nearby Words: rottenness, rottenly
Sour
Sour adjective - Not giving pleasure to the mind or senses.
Usage example: you'll have to face up to the sour truth of the matter
Rotten is a synonym for sour in quality topic. You can use "Rotten" instead an adjective "Sour", if it concerns topics such as in a bad mood.
Both words in one sentence
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They then smear a ton of rotten lemons over themselves, because zombies smell like sour lemon, and safely take a ride on a train choke full of zombies.
Source: Pretend We're Dead - Knight in Sour Armor: Raonar might not act the part, but the fact is that he knows (and always knew) that his home nation is a rotten pool full of liars and that the rest of the world isn't that different either, confirmed by the betrayal of Ostagar and everything else.
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