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English adjective: dour | |||
| 1. | dour stubbornly unyielding | ||
| Samples | 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. Men tenacious of opinion. | ||
| Synonyms | dogged, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding | ||
| Similar | obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate | ||
| Antonyms | docile | ||
| 2. | dour harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | forbidding, grim | ||
| Similar | unpleasant | ||
| Antonyms | pleasant | ||
| 3. | dour showing a brooding ill humor | ||
| Samples | 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. A sour temper. A sullen crowd. | ||
| Synonyms | dark, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen | ||
| Similar | ill-natured | ||
| Antonyms | good-natured | ||
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