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dour
/ˈdʊɹ/
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What does dour mean?
adjective
- Stern, harsh and forbidding.
- Unyielding and obstinate.
- Expressing gloom or melancholy.
More meanings (1)
noun
- Alternative form of daur.
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IPA pronunciation
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You would never believe it, but Sandy and I are growing quite confidential in a dour Scotch fashion.
He managed to continue work till nine o’clock, and then marched dumb and dour to his chamber.
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Past a dour plantation of gnarled spruces and a maple-fringed, sun-warm valley they found the “something” Gilbert was looking for.
He held my friend’s card in his hand, and he looked up with no very pleased expression upon his dour features.
The Irish housemaid has married the German baker (a fine match for her!), and a dour little Scotch Presbyterian has come up from Capetown in her place.