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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dour /dʊr, daʊr/USA pronunciation adj. - severe;
stern;
gloomy:a dour facial expression.
dour•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dour (dŏŏr, douər, dou′ər),USA pronunciation adj. - sullen;
gloomy:The captain's dour look depressed us all. - severe;
stern:His dour criticism made us regret having undertaken the job. - Scottish Terms(of land) barren;
rocky, infertile, or otherwise difficult or impossible to cultivate.
- Latin dūrus dure1
- Middle English 1325–75
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged morose, sour, moody. See glum.
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