dour

Letters that make dour

o, d, r, u are letters that make 'dour'

Words within dour

DO, do, Ur are words within 'dour'

Anagrams of dour

duro is an anagram of 'dour'

Words created by adding a letter to the beginning or end of dour

odour, doura are words created by adding a letter to 'dour'


3 possible definitions for 'dour'

Dour as "stubbornly unyielding"

Under this definition, dour is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

persistent, unyielding, dogged, pertinacious, tenacious have the same meaning as 'dour'

Derivatives of dour

adamance, obduracy, unyieldingness, doggedness, persistency, tenacity, tenaciousness, pertinacity, perseverance, persistence are derivatives of 'dour'.

Similar to dour

obstinate, unregenerate, stubborn are similar to 'dour'.

Example of dour used within this context

"dogged persistence", "dour determination", "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics", "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot, "men tenacious of opinion"


Dour as "harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance"

Under this definition, dour is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

grim, forbidding have the same meaning as 'dour'

Derivatives of dour

grimness, ghastliness, gruesomeness, luridness are derivatives of 'dour'.

Similar to dour

unpleasant is similar to dour.

Example of dour used within this context

"a dour, self-sacrificing life", "a forbidding scowl", "a grim man loving duty more than humanity", "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie


Dour as "showing a brooding ill humor"

Under this definition, dour is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

glum, moody, sour, dark, sullen, glowering, morose, saturnine have the same meaning as 'dour'

Derivatives of dour

sullenness, moroseness, sourness, moodiness, glumness, sulkiness are derivatives of 'dour'.

Similar to dour

ill-natured is similar to dour.

Example of dour used within this context

"a dark scowl", "the proverbially dour New England Puritan", "a glum, hopeless shrug", "he sat in moody silence", "a morose and unsociable manner", "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven, "a sour temper", "a sullen crowd"



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