noun
- a hard candy with a sour taste
- a person who is habitually bad-tempered or pessimistic
Usage: informal
Examples
- She bought a bag of sourballs at the candy store.
- The lemon sourball made his face pucker.
- Don’t be such a sourball about the weather.
- My grandfather was known as the neighborhood sourball.
- The kids loved the green apple sourballs best.
- He’s turned into a real sourball since he retired.