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
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