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dour

[door, douuhr, dou-er]

adjective

  1. sullen; gloomy.

    The captain's dour look depressed us all.

    Synonyms: , ,
  2. severe; stern.

    His dour criticism made us regret having undertaken the job.

  3. Scot.(of land) barren; rocky, infertile, or otherwise difficult or impossible to cultivate.



dour

/ ˈdaʊə, dʊə /

adjective

  1. sullen

  2. hard or obstinate

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • dourly adverb
  • dourness noun
  • ˈdzܰԱ noun
  • ˈdzܰ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dour1

1325–75; Middle English, from Latin ūܲ dure 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dour1

C14: probably from Latin ūܲ hard
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Synonym Study

See glum.
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Example Sentences

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And then came “The Meg” and its slightly less dour sequel, “Meg 2: The Trench.”

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When I FaceTime with my darling Daisy, I worry she won’t see past my dour expression and never know how much her granddaddy loves her.

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While a new manager can often bring struggling teams a turn in fortunes or a so-called 'new manager bounce', no such thing has happened at United and instead their dour form has intensified under Amorim.

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Here, Yelena, a dour Russian assassin, kills two seemingly decent dorky scientists in the first few minutes and quips, “You guys can never aim for s—.”

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The movie seems to recoil from its own hammering dramatics, with Bryce Dessner’s score toggling uneasily between jocular blues and dour, overcompensating strings.

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