dour

Words with a similar base: dour

'dour'

[dogged.s.01] as in: stubbornly unyielding; ; ; ; - T.S.Eliot

Examples:
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
men tenacious of opinion

'dour'

[dour.s.02] as in: harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; ; ; ; - J.M.Barrie

Examples:
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

'dour'

[dark.s.04] as in: showing a brooding ill humor; ; ; ; ; ; - Bruce Bliven

Examples:
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
a sour temper
a sullen crowd

Origins

					dour (English)
└── durus (Latin)

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