dour
Meaning
Adjective
- Stern, harsh and forbidding.
- Unyielding and obstinate.
- Expressing gloom or melancholy; sullen, gloomy
Related
Similar words
- forbidding, harsh, severe, stern
- obstinate, stubborn, unyielding
- dejected, gloomy, melancholic, sullen
Origin
- From Scots dour, from Latin dūrus ("hard, stern"), possibly via Middle Irish dúr.
- Compare French dur, Catalan dur, Italian duro, Portuguese duro, Romanian dur, Spanish duro. dure.
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