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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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
Verb
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The prequel will introduce his family and girlfriend and the events that led up to his victory, notorious for angering the Capitol elite.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA TODAY,
12 Mar. 2025 -
Reports suggest that some Republican lawmakers are frustrated with Musk’s bluster and that the DOGE approach to slashing the federal bureaucracy is angering constituents and making lawmakers less popular in their districts.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Mould, drummer Grant Hart, and bassist Greg Norton brought a new language of unguarded personal honesty to an early-Eighties post-hardcore scene where the default emotions were still angst and alienation.—
Jon Dolan,
Rolling Stone,
5 Mar. 2025
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But parallel to that is this discussion of why there’s this alienation and loneliness in our society that is ostensibly filled with good, honest, hard-working people.—
Jenelle Riley,
Variety,
4 Apr. 2025
Verb
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No filmmaker was better-equipped to capture the institutional failures of our economic collapse in 2007-08, as Soderbergh has always been pre-occupied by the alienating relationship between our economic systems and his characters.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
14 Mar. 2025
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But in the interest of not completely alienating customers with incessant, irrelevant, or personally offensive ads, the social media company is giving users the ability to block advertisers for a year.—
Scharon Harding,
Ars Technica,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Spelling first filed for divorce on March 29, 2024.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Stage 4: Resentment continues to build until one or both partners may begin to see divorce as the only way out.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Souring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/souring. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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