ritable, testy, touchy, edgy, on edge, snappy, snappish, huffy, huffish; peevish, petulant, crabbed, crabby, grouchy, grumpy; surly, churlish, ill-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humored, crusty, sullen, morose.
-v. 4. ferment, acidify, spoil, go bad, turn, curdle, clabber; acerbate, acidulate.
5. embitter, envenom, disillusion, disenchant. source, n. 1. origin, provenience, provenance; beginning, commencement, genesis, dawn, dawning; incipience, inception, start, outset; germ, seed, nucleus, embryo; root, taproot, Bot. radicle, Bot. radix; derivation, ancestry, extraction; matrix, womb, cradle, hotbed; fountainhead, fount, fountain, head, wellspring, well, spring; basis, base, foundation, ground; cause, reason, occasion.
2. informant, appriser, adviser, notifier, Inf. tipster, Inf. horse's mouth, Sl. Deep Throat; reference, authority, citation, documentation, footnote, note. souse, v. 1. immerse, plunge, dip, submerge, duck, dunk, sink; soak, steep, swash, slosh; drench, douse, imbue, saturate; flood, inundate, drown.
2. pickle, marinade, brine, corn.
3. Slang, intoxicate, inebriate, besot, Sl. put under the table; stupefy, befuddle, fuddle, muddle. souvenir, n. memento, remembrance, remembrancer, keepsake, memorial; record, relic, vestige; trophy, token, reminder; (pi.) memorabilia. sovereign, n. 1. ruler, monarch, rex, king, crowned head, queen; potentate, dynast, majesty, royal personage; empress, emperor, czar, kaiser; autocrat, moriocrat, autarch, overlord; dictator, tyrant, despot; absolute ruler, supreme master.
-adj. 2. royal, kingly, queenly, princely, regal, basilic, majestic, august; kinglike, lordly, noble, aristrocratic, patrician.
3. imperial, monarchical, absolute, imperious, despotic, autocratic; regnant, ruling, governing; paramount, hegemonic, dominant, predominant, superior, supreme, highest; leading, top-rank, ranking, chief, principal; preeminent, utmost, uppermost, cardinal, peerless, Sl. number one. sovereignty, n. 1. dominion, supremacy, primacy, preeminence, sway, hegemony; reign, royalty, suzerainty, empery, (in India) raj; kingship, lordship, mastership, leadership, seignority; authority, jurisdiction, power, Inf. say or say-so; rule, command, mastery, control, domination; hold, grasp, grip, clutches.
2. autonomy, autarchy, self-government, self-rule, home rule; independence, freedom, liberty, selfdetermination, self-direction.
3. territory, region, area, country, kingdom, domain. See domain (def 1). sow, v. 1. scatter, disperse, strew, bestrew; broadcast, disseminate, spread, circulate, distribute, propagate; publicize, make known, give out, pass the word around, blaze about, hawk, rumor,'bruit.
2. foment, sow the seeds of, provoke, incite, instigate, actuate, brew; stir up, work up, ignite, touch off; stir the embers, fan the fire; promote, foster, further, forward, advance.
3. sprinkle, besprinkle, bedew; scatter, litter.
space, n. 1. expanse, extension, expansion, spaciousness, vastness, immensity, largeness, greatness, amplitude, capaciousness; capacity, ^volume, proportions, dimensions, size; breadth, width, depth, broadness, wideness, height, length; stretch, spread, reach, span, scope, sweep, range, compass, measure; room, area, acreage, land, open country; personal space, elbowroom, leeway, latitude, margin, swing, play; surface space or area.