dour English

Meaning dour meaning

What does dour mean?

dour

— adjective (= forbidding, grim) 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

— adjective (= dogged, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding) 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

— adjective (= dark, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen) 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

Synonyms dour synonyms

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sullen

morose

moody

glum

sulky

saturnine

harsh

unyielding

tough

tenacious

sour

glowering

dismal

dark

unfriendly

strict

stern

severe

rough

pertinacious

persistent

joyless

inimical

heavy

hard-core

grim

gloomy

forbidding

dogged

austere

viscous

unsympathetic

unsupportive

unsparing

unrelenting

unmalleable

unkindly

unkind

ungallant

unforgiving

unchewable

uncharitable

tetric

tall

swingeing

surly

stringy

stone

stiff

steely

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What do people use dour to talk about?

Social behavior Relationships Disunity

Unfriendly

• What words describe someone who does not like to be friendly and wants to be alone?
  antisocial standoffish distant aloof dour reserved