douradjective
uk/dʊər/us/dʊr/(usually of a person's appearance or manner) unfriendly, unhappy, and very serious:
The normally dour Mr James was photographed smiling and joking with friends.
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Not being friendly
- (at) daggers drawn idiom
- abrasive
- aloof
- antisocial
- asocial
- austere
- estranged
- forbidding
- frostily
- give sb the time of day idiom
- hostile
- impersonal
- mixer
- saturnine
- sour
- unwelcoming
- wintry
- with friends like you, who needs enemies? idiom
- withdraw
- withdrawal
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Feeling sad and unhappy
dourly
adverb uk/ˈdʊə.li/us/ˈdʊr.li/
dourness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈdʊə.nəs//ˈdʊr.nəs/