Words Like DOUR

We have put together a list of words that are similar to DOUR.

7 Alternative Words Similar to dour

1 Forbidding Adjective      Synonym Words Like Forbidding
2 Grim Adjective      Synonym Words Like Grim
3 Dark Adjective      Synonym Words Like Dark
4 Glum Adjective      Synonym Words Like Glum
5 Sour Adjective      Synonym Words Like Sour
6 Unpleasant Adjective      Similar Words Like Unpleasant
7 Bold Adjective      Synonym Words Like Bold

10 examples of dour

1 he sat in moody silence
2 a sullen crowd
3 a sour temper
4 a glum, hopeless shrug
5 a morose and unsociable manner
6 the proverbially dour New England Puritan
7 a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius
8 a grim man loving duty more than humanity
9 undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw
10 a forbidding scowl

10 definitions of dour

1 Hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect; hardy; bold.
2 showing a brooding ill humor
3 harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
4 stubbornly unyielding
5 Marked by sternness or harshness; forbidding: a dour, self-sacrificing life.
6 Silently ill-humored; gloomy: the proverbially dour New England Puritan.
7 Sternly obstinate; unyielding: a dour determination.
8 Hard; inflexible; obstinate; bold; hardy.
9 Stern, harsh and forbidding.
10 Unyielding and obstinate.
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