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Dour

Pronounce Dour as D OW UW R.

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Phonetic transcription for dour

Traditional IPA Phonetic transcription of dour: | doʊur |
Modern IPA Phonetic transcription of dour: | dɒʊr |

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Meanings for dour

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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Synonyms for dour

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

Antonyms for dour

benign benignant gentle mild nonintimidating tender

Dour in different languages

عنيدArabic
намусен строг суров мрачен Bulgarian
herb German
severa aǔstera Esperanto
austero riguroso taciturno rigorista inflexible severo obstinado rígido terco melancólico duro despiadado lúgubre Spanish
tyly Finnish
austère rigoureux lugubre morose sévère obstiné taciturne rigide entêté têtu mélancolique dur rigoriste inflexible French
cupo Italian
stuurs afschrikwekkend onverbiddelijk Dutch
srogi ponury Polish
мрачный строгий непреклонный суровый Russian

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