dour Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. adjective satellite stubbornly unyielding
   tenacious; dogged; persistent; unyielding; pertinacious.
   
   • dogged persistence
   • dour determination
   • the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics
   • a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot
   • men tenacious of opinion
2. adjective satellite harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
   forbidding; grim.
   
   • 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
3. adjective satellite showing a brooding ill humor
   saturnine; morose; sour; dark; glum; glowering; sullen; moody.
   
   • a dark scowl
   • the proverbially dour New England Puritan
   • a glum, hopeless shrug
   • he sat in moody silence
   • a morose and unsociable manner
   • a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven
   • a sour temper
   • a sullen crowd

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