- dour adj
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(grim) arcigno (-a)
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dour — [door, dour] adj. [ME < L durus: see DURABLE] 1. Scot. hard; stern; severe 2. Scot. obstinate 3. sullen; gloomy; forbidding dourly adv. dourness n … English World dictionary
dour — [adj] gloomy, grim bleak, crabbed, dismal, dreary, forbidding, glum, hard, harsh, morose, saturnine, severe, sour, stringent, sulky, sullen, surly, ugly, unfriendly; concepts 401,542 Ant. bright, cheerful, cheery, happy … New thesaurus
dour — [duə, ˈdauə US daur, dur] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Gaelic; Origin: dur, perhaps from Latin durus hard ] 1.) serious, never smiling, and unfriendly 2.) a dour place is one that is plain and dull, and where people do not have any fun >dourly adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
dour — adj 1. hard, inflexible, unyielding, rigorous, austere, Spartan, unsparing; ironhanded, strict, harsh, stern, severe; uncompromising, rigid, stringent, obdurate. 2. sullen, gloomy, inclement, morose, sour … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
dour — adj. severe, stern, or sullenly obstinate in manner or appearance. Derivatives: dourly adv. dourness n. Etymology: ME (orig. Sc.), prob. f. Gael. duacuter dull, obstinate, perh. f. L durus hard … Useful english dictionary
dour — [[t]dʊ͟ə(r), da͟ʊ ə(r)[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe someone as dour, you mean that they are very serious and unfriendly. ...a dour, taciturn man... No wonder he looked so dour. Derived words: dourly ADV GRADED usu ADV with v, also ADV adj… … English dictionary
dour — dourly, adv. dourness, n. /door, doweur, dow euhr/, adj. 1. sullen; gloomy: The captain s dour look depressed us all. 2. severe; stern: His dour criticism made us regret having undertaken the job. 3. Scot. (of land) barren; rocky, infertile, or… … Universalium
dour — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sour, sullen; harsh, hard. See severity, discourtesy. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. forbidding, gloomy, morose; see grim 1 , sullen . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [DOUR] sullen … English dictionary for students
dour — [[t]dʊər, daʊər, ˈdaʊ ər[/t]] adj. 1) sullen; gloomy 2) severe; stern 3) scot. Scot. (of land) barren; rocky • Etymology: 1325–75; ME < L dūrus hard, severe dour′ly, adv. dour′ness, n … From formal English to slang
dour — dÊŠÉ™ adj. gloomy, serious … English contemporary dictionary
dour — [ˈdaʊə] , [dʊə] adj very serious, and not smiling or friendly … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
