dour

dour

1

adjshowing a brooding ill humor

“the proverbially dour New England Puritan”

Synonyms:

dark, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine,sour, sullen

ill-natured

having an irritable and unpleasant disposition

adjstubbornly unyielding

“dour determination”

Synonyms:

dogged, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding

obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate

tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

adjharshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance

“a dour, self-sacrificing life”

Synonyms:

forbidding, grim

unpleasant

disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings

dour

the "dour" family

USAGE EXAMPLES

• Zapatero compares Italy's tactics with the "catenaccio" style of dourdefensive play that was once the hallmark of the country's soccer team.
  Reuters Nov 25, 2013
• It was a dour game that will raise questions about both teams' hopes of finishing in the top four.
  BBC Nov 3, 2013
• The Frankfurt Motor Show could have easily been a dour affair.
  Time Sep 11, 2013
• Yet a dour report, released on Monday by HSBC, noted that Indian manufacturing shrank in August to its lowest levels in over four years.
  New York Times Sep 5, 2013

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