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Synonyms for dour
dʊər, daʊər, ˈdaʊ ərdour
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Wiktionary
douradjective
Unyielding and obstinate.
Synonyms:
stubborn, unyielding, obstinatedouradjective
Expressing gloom or melancholy; sullenly unhappy.
Synonyms:
gloomy, dejected, melancholic, sullendouradjective
Synonyms:
forbidding, stern, severe, harsh
Princeton's WordNet
dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyieldingadjective
stubbornly unyielding
"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"
Synonyms:
saturnine, relentless, sullen, grim, long, sour, morose, haunting, retentive, dark, unyielding, moody, tenacious, recollective, coherent, lasting, pertinacious, dogged, glowering, forbidding, unrelenting, glum, persistentAntonyms:
docile, good-natured, pleasantdour, forbidding, grimadjective
harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
"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
Synonyms:
down(p), dispirited, ominous, pertinacious, baleful, forbidding, sullen, dogged, dark, moody, disconsolate, threatening, glum, black, grisly, drear, minatory, low, unrelenting, down in the mouth, stern, blue, glowering, unappeasable, gruesome, sour, sinister, macabre, downhearted, grim, saturnine, tenacious, mordant, drab, downcast, menacing, unyielding, low-spirited, relentless, unforgiving, sick, gloomy, morose, ghastly, depressed, sorry, dingy, inexorable, dreary, dismal, persistent, minaciousAntonyms:
good-natured, pleasant, dociledark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullenadjective
showing a brooding ill humor
"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"
Synonyms:
pertinacious, heavy, forbidding, glum, sullen, dogged, dark, moody, non-white, temperamental, threatening, coloured, disconsolate, dark-skinned, black, gloomy, drear, benighted, off, blue, glowering, obscure, sour, sinister, turned, grim, saturnine, tenacious, off-key, false, unyielding, sorry, drab, dingy, dreary, dismal, persistent, lowering, rancid, moroseAntonyms:
docile, pleasant, good-natured
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#264 | long | |
#271 | black | |
#402 | low | |
#618 | blue | |
#1640 | dark | |
#2145 | heavy | |
#2263 | sorry | |
#2350 | turned | |
#2392 | false | |
#3964 | severe | |
#4358 | sick | |
#8458 | lasting | |
#9645 | persistent | |
#9902 | threatening | |
#10536 | stern | |
#11437 | harsh | |
#11816 | coloured | |
#11990 | moody | |
#12027 | sour | |
#12580 | lowering | |
#12913 | depressed | |
#13303 | coherent | |
#13380 | obscure | |
#14856 | grim | |
#16946 | tenacious | |
#19559 | sinister | |
#21596 | haunting | |
#24054 | stubborn | |
#24248 | relentless | |
#25164 | rancid | |
#28539 | dismal | |
#28701 | gloomy | |
#31860 | ominous | |
#36370 | gruesome | |
#36399 | macabre | |
#37338 | dreary | |
#40726 | menacing | |
#42416 | forbidding | |
#43052 | drab | |
#47042 | ghastly | |
#49169 | unrelenting | |
#50489 | dogged | |
#58157 | grisly | |
#58318 | dingy | |
#58451 | sullen | |
#60472 | unforgiving | |
#66176 | obstinate | |
#68728 | dour | |
#70377 | melancholic | |
#73839 | inexorable | |
#77107 | glum | |
#77553 | unyielding | |
#80907 | dejected | |
#81204 | temperamental | |
#81480 | retentive | |
#81752 | downcast | |
#86369 | morose | |
#114245 | baleful | |
#116500 | benighted | |
#117416 | mordant | |
#147160 | dispirited | |
#167212 | disconsolate | |
#169244 | drear | |
#186740 | saturnine | |
#195687 | glowering | |
#245806 | downhearted |
Translations for dour
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- عنيدArabic
- намусен, суров, строг, мраченBulgarian
- herbGerman
- aǔstera, severaEsperanto
- terco, rígido, obstinado, severo, melancólico, duro, inflexible, despiadado, rigorista, lúgubre, taciturno, riguroso, austeroSpanish
- tylyFinnish
- rigoriste, inflexible, dur, mélancolique, têtu, austère, entêté, rigide, taciturne, obstiné, sévère, rigoureux, morose, lugubreFrench
- cupoItalian
- onverbiddelijk, stuurs, afschrikwekkendDutch
- srogi, ponuryPolish
- строгий, мрачный, суровый, непреклонныйRussian
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