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DOUR

(dour)

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3 senses for dour as an Adjective:

Synonyms:
- Dogged
- Dour
- Persistent
- Pertinacious
- Tenacious
- Unyielding
Definitions:
- stubbornly unyielding
Examples:
- 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
Antonyms:
- Docile
Synonyms:
- Dour
- Forbidding
- Grim
Definitions:
- harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
Examples:
- 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
Antonyms:
- Pleasant
Synonyms:
- Dark
- Dour
- Glowering
- Glum
- Moody
- Morose
- Saturnine
- Sour
- Sullen
Definitions:
- showing a brooding ill humor
Examples:
- 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
Antonyms:
- Good-natured

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