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dour

/d/U/r/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect; hardy; bold.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. stubbornly unyielding

    adj.all

    Examples
    Dour determination.
    Synonyms dogged persistent pertinacious tenacious unyielding

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance

    adj.all

    Examples
    A dour, self-sacrificing life.
    Synonyms forbidding grim

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. showing a brooding ill humor

    adj.all

    Examples
    The proverbially dour New England Puritan.
    Synonyms dark glowering glum moody morose saturnine sour sullen

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

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