dour

[US]/dʊə(r)/

[UK]/dʊr/

Frequency: Very High

Translation

English definition: stern; gloomy; uncommunicative.

her dour, monotonic husband.

He is a proverbially dour New England Puritan.

a dour, self-sacrificing life.

a hard, dour, humourless fanatic.

the proverbially dour New England Puritan.See Synonyms at glum

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