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UK
/dˈaʊə/
]
[ US /ˈdaʊɝ, ˈdaʊɹ/ ]
[ US /ˈdaʊɝ, ˈdaʊɹ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw
a forbidding scowl
a dour, self-sacrificing life
a grim man loving duty more than humanity -
stubbornly unyielding
men tenacious of opinion
a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it
dogged persistence
the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics
dour determination -
showing a brooding ill humor
a sour temper
a sullen crowd
a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius
a dark scowl
the proverbially dour New England Puritan
a morose and unsociable manner
he sat in moody silence
a glum, hopeless shrug
How To Use dour In A Sentence
- It was still cold and a little gloomy but there was a dour magnificence to it.
- For further purification one may install either chemical or thermal equipment for destruction of remaining odour components.
- It's still early in the morning; the air is cool and exhilarating, and the low sun softens the landscape and transfigures the dour colours of the hills.
- Step6: With tray Cheng Fangling's random bottle container canister, get ready for the guest brush towel, the odour of more ameliorable toilet after beautiful sweet candle is ignited.
- Sixteen years later, her ardour hasn't dimmed.
- All over Europe, the fringes of suburbia are blighted by the dreary apparatus of industry - undecorated sheds and dour offices in glum lots girdled by sterile acres of parking.
- A beggar woman and her child took shelter on the verandah at night and left behind disquieting odours.
- Are there effluvia analogous to what we call odour: effluvia of extreme subtlety, absolutely imperceptible to us, yet capable of stimulating a sense-organ far more sensitive than our own? Social Life in the Insect World
- Tasteful decor, melodious songs and shafts of sunlight from the ample windows provide the perfect ambience for appreciating the subtleties and splendours of curry cuisine.
- A strong odour of hemp and resin stung his nostrils. Spice and the Devil's Cave