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dour

/dʊr/

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adjective
harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
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"a dour, self-sacrificing life"

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forbidding grim unpleasant
adjective
stubbornly unyielding
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"dour determination"

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dogged persistent pertinacious tenacious unyielding obstinate stubborn unregenerate
adjective
showing a brooding ill humor
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"the proverbially dour New England Puritan"

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dark glowering glum moody morose saturnine sour sullen ill-natured

Examples of dour

"a dour, self-sacrificing life"
"dour determination"
"the proverbially dour New England Puritan"