Definition of dour Dour
/dawˈɚ/ - [dawer] - dour
We found 10 definitions of dour from 6 different sources.
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Adjectivedour, dourer, dourest |
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| dour - 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 | ||
| forbidding, grim | ||
| unpleasant disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors" | ||
| dour - 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" | ||
| dogged, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding | ||
| stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield | ||
| dour - 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" | ||
| dark, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen | ||
| ill-natured having an irritable and unpleasant disposition | ||
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- dour (Adjective)
Stern, harsh and forbidding. - dour (Adjective)
Unyielding and obstinate. - dour (Adjective)
Expressing gloom or melancholy; sullenly unhappy.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- dour (a.)
Hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect; hardy; bold.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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dour
Moody and melancholic.
Wikipedia 
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Dour is a municipality found in the Belgian province of Hainaut.
In 2007, its population was 16882.
It is found at 50° 23 North, 03° 46 East.
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