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Pronounce Dour as D OW UW R.
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dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding(adj)stubbornly unyielding
"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"
dour, forbidding, grim(adj)harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
"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
dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen(adj)showing a brooding ill humor
"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"
harsh and threatening in manner or appearancea dour prison guard who didn't look like he'd be very understanding
1. Because the coach was disappointed in his team’s behavior, he wore a dour expression when he gave his post-game speech.
2. When Matt looked at his mother’s dour face, he knew he was in trouble for staying out late.
3. Even the dour old woman could not resist a grin when she saw the beautiful newborn baby.
4. Mrs. Smith is a dour teacher who seems to enjoy making children stand in the corner.
5. As a teacher, I often have to look dour so my students will take me seriously when I give them instructions.
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