Letters that make dour
o, d, r, u are letters that make 'dour'
duro is an anagram of 'dour'
3 possible definitions for 'dour'
Under this definition, dour is an adjective and has the following properties:
persistent, unyielding, dogged, pertinacious, tenacious have the same meaning as 'dour'
adamance, obduracy, unyieldingness, doggedness, persistency, tenacity, tenaciousness, pertinacity, perseverance, persistence are derivatives of 'dour'.
obstinate, unregenerate, stubborn are similar to 'dour'.
"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"
Under this definition, dour is an adjective and has the following properties:
grim, forbidding have the same meaning as 'dour'
grimness, ghastliness, gruesomeness, luridness are derivatives of 'dour'.
unpleasant is similar to dour.
"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
Under this definition, dour is an adjective and has the following properties:
glum, moody, sour, dark, sullen, glowering, morose, saturnine have the same meaning as 'dour'
sullenness, moroseness, sourness, moodiness, glumness, sulkiness are derivatives of 'dour'.
ill-natured is similar to dour.
"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"