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dour
[door, douuhr, dou-er]
adjective
sullen; gloomy.
The captain's dour look depressed us all.
Synonyms: , ,severe; stern.
His dour criticism made us regret having undertaken the job.
Scot.(of land) barren; rocky, infertile, or otherwise difficult or impossible to cultivate.
dour
/ ˈdaʊə, dʊə /
adjective
sullen
hard or obstinate
Other 51Թ Forms
- dourly adverb
- dourness noun
- ˈdzܰԱ noun
- ˈdzܰ adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of dour1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
And then came “The Meg” and its slightly less dour sequel, “Meg 2: The Trench.”
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.
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.
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—.”
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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