Dour
['dʊə;'daʊə] or ['daʊr]
Definition
(adj.) 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 .
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Definition
(a.) Hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect; hardy; bold.
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Definition
adj. (Scot.) obstinate: bold.
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Examples
- He held my friend's card in his hand, and he looked up with no very pleased expression upon his dour features. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Thornton's as dour as a door-nail; an obstinate chap, every inch on him,--th' oud bulldog! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The boy had naturally a low, plaintive voice, which in his dour moods rose scarcely above a lady's whisper. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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