Dour - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈdaʊər|  American pronunciation of the word dour
Brit.  |dʊə|  British pronunciation of the word dour

adjective

- stubbornly unyielding (syn: dogged, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding)
dour determination
- harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance (syn: forbidding, grim)
a dour, self-sacrificing life
- showing a brooding ill humor (syn: dark, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen)
the proverbially dour New England Puritan

Extra examples

She had a dour expression on her face.

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