sour note

A particularly unfortunate, unpleasant, or disagreeable topic of news, information, or conversation. News of my father's passing hit quite a sour note before my graduation ceremony. The CEO's speech at the Annual General Meeting ended on quite a sour note when he announced that there would be company-wide pay cuts and layoffs.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Cesarino	che-sah-REE-no	Italian
KonrÁD	-	Hungarian, Czech, Slovak
Sanjit	-	Indian, Hindi, Bengali
Virginia	vər-JIN-yə (English), veer-JEE-nyah (Italian), beer-KHEE-nyah (Spanish)	English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Sharru-Kinu	-	Ancient Near Eastern
Stana	-	Czech, Serbian, Croatian