[ UK /dˈa‍ʊ‍ə/ ]
[ US /ˈdaʊɝ, ˈdaʊɹ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
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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
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