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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : door, douuhr, dou-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : dʊər, daʊər, ˈdaʊ ər |
Definition of dour
Origin :- mid-14c., "severe," from Scottish and northern England dialect, probably from Latin durus "hard" (see endure); sense of "gloomy, sullen" is late 15c.
- adj gloomy, grim
- Grim, dour, silent, it waited for the beginning of hostilities.
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- He's jist as dour as ever, and as far as man could weel be frae them he cam o'!
- Extract from : « Salted With Fire » by George MacDonald
- When they were so poor and the future so dour, how could she keep from earning a little money?
- Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
- A most curious, dour, and moody man, with a mind roving from key to key.
- Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro
- Nobody was surprised, since this dour officer had been in trouble before.
- Extract from : « The Man Who Knew » by Edgar Wallace
- No one would have thought that dour man capable of such gentleness.
- Extract from : « The Explorer » by W. Somerset Maugham
- The tea mollified the dour man, but there was one more rumbling.
- Extract from : « Greyfriars Bobby » by Eleanor Atkinson
- Light-hearted Annie had borne to her dour partner two children who had died.
- Extract from : « Tommy and Co. » by Jerome K. Jerome
- He greeted Mathews with a solicitude that surprised the dour Scotchman.
- Extract from : « The Woman from Outside » by Hulbert Footner
- Before leaving the church, in response to the call, Dour ar bis!
- Extract from : « Rambles in Brittany » by Francis Miltoun
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