dour
About 0.41 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Stern, harsh and forbidding.
- adjective Unyielding and obstinate.
- adjective Expressing gloom or melancholy.
- noun Alternative form of daur.
Similar words
grim morose moody glum saturnine sullen ill-natured stubborn dogged pertinacious
Often followed by
and expression man face old as scot look of
Word family
dourer dourest dourly dourness dournesses
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