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DOUR

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 I. (adjective) 

Comparative and superlative

Comparative: dourer  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Superlative: dourest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Showing a brooding ill humorplay

Example:

a sullen crowd

Synonyms:

dark; dour; glowering; glum; moody; morose; saturnine; sour; sullen

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

ill-natured (having an irritable and unpleasant disposition)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearanceplay

Example:

undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw

Synonyms:

dour; forbidding; grim

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unpleasant (offensive or disagreeable; causing discomfort or unhappiness)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Stubbornly unyieldingplay

Example:

men tenacious of opinion

Synonyms:

dogged; dour; persistent; pertinacious; tenacious; unyielding

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

obstinate; stubborn; unregenerate (tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield)

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