Associations to the word «Dour»
Noun
- Senegal
- Scot
- Sting
- Faye
- Tracy
- Visage
- Chapman
- Puritan
- Gabriel
- Provincial
- Cherry
- Wad
- Mood
- Shawl
- Manu
- Garb
- Expression
- Batsman
- Bring
- Grin
- Amnesty
- Humor
- Cork
- Pale
- Dark
- Din
- Lars
- Bruce
- Belgium
- Clare
- Ethan
- Squire
- Countenance
- Skirt
- Picnic
- Listener
- Grammy
- Batting
- Fraser
- Dwarf
- Satisfaction
- Smile
- Glance
- Face
- Duet
- Daddy
- Chap
- Moss
- Sixty
- Festival
- Musician
- Contrast
- Warning
- Franc
- Singer
- Scoring
- Concert
- Arsenal
- Covenant
- Mon
- Brow
Adjective
Wiktionary
DOUR, adjective. Stern, harsh and forbidding.
DOUR, adjective. Unyielding and obstinate.
DOUR, adjective. Expressing gloom or melancholy; sullenly unhappy.
Dictionary definition
DOUR, adjective. Stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion".
DOUR, adjective. Harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; "a dour, self-sacrificing life"; "a forbidding scowl"; "a grim man loving duty more than humanity"; "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie.
DOUR, adjective. Showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd".
Wise words
Watch your thoughts, they become your words. Watch your
words, they become your actions. Watch your actions, they
become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your
character. Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.