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dour

[ door, douuhr, dou-er ]
/ dʊər, daʊər, ˈdaʊ ər /
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adjective

sullen; gloomy: The captain's dour look depressed us all.
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.

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Origin of dour

1325–75; Middle English, from Latin dūrus dure1

SYNONYMS FOR dour

1 morose, sour, moody.
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synonym study for dour

1. See glum.

OTHER WORDS FROM dour

dourly, adverbdourness, noun

Words nearby dour

doun, Dounreay, Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, doup, douppioni, dour, doura, dourine, Douro, douroucouli, douse
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Words related to dour

sullen, morose, harsh, glum, surly, bleak, dismal, dreary, forbidding, hard, saturnine, severe, sour, stringent, sulky, ugly, unfriendly, crabbed

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British Dictionary definitions for dour

dour
/ (dʊə, ˈdaʊə) /

adjective

sullen
hard or obstinate

Derived forms of dour

dourly, adverbdourness, noun

Word Origin for dour

C14: probably from Latin dūrus hard
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