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forbidding and stern

dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding(adj)

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"

dour, forbidding, grim(adj)

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

dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen(adj)

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"

harsh and threatening in manner or appearance

a dour prison guard who didn't look like he'd be very understanding

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saturnine relentless sullen grim long sour morose haunting retentive dark unyielding moody tenacious recollective coherent lasting pertinacious dogged glowering forbidding unrelenting glum persistent down(p) dispirited ominous baleful disconsolate threatening black grisly drear minatory low down in the mouth stern blue unappeasable gruesome sinister macabre downhearted mordant drab downcast menacing low spirited unforgiving sick gloomy ghastly depressed sorry dingy inexorable dreary dismal minacious heavy non white temperamental coloured dark skinned benighted off obscure turned off key false lowering rancid stubborn obstinate dejected melancholic severe harsh austere fierce flinty gruff intimidating louring rough rugged stark steely ungentle

benign benignant gentle mild nonintimidating tender

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