'sour sentiment' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to an unpleasant, bitter feeling or attitude. For example, "The public's sour sentiment towards the government's new policies is growing".
There is not a lot of positivity out there and it is a particularly sour sentiment".
Its defeat in an Indian tax case this week helped sour sentiment a little.
And the new Republican majority in the House comes to power with a sour sentiment from their electorate: make no deals and take no prisoners.
Analysts said that yesterday's sour sentiment could dissipate somewhat if the October employment report, an important indicator that is to be released today, shows steady growth.
Not only were investors concerned about a possible £12.8bn shortfall at the bank's Barclays Capital division next year - as suggested by JP Morgan - but news from National Australia Bank - which owns Clydesdale and Yorkshire - that bad debts had risen sharply in its UK operations also soured sentiment.
That, in turn, would sour investor sentiment, making deals even less likely.The shadow of debtAs yet, no such collapse has occurred.
The recent souring of sentiment towards Mr Messier and Vivendi Universal, the media conglomerate he runs, this week turned acid.
In a sign of 3M's caution, it said it planned to hold back discretionary spending to protect its margins in the face of rising raw material costs, higher pension costs and tax rates, and a lackluster economic recovery in the United States, where a high unemployment rate and chronic weakness in the housing market have soured consumer sentiment.
It was the sixth time in seven months that consumers' sentiment soured.
It was the sixth time in seven months that consumers' sentiment soured, the group reported.
Though a return to growth next year looks increasingly plausible, it could be delayed, not least if sentiment sours again.
