dour
Collocations
5ADJ.
sage
VERB + DOUR
gave, praise, reminded, showed
DOUR + NOUN
demeanor, expression, man, priests, salesmen, twat, viennese, visitors
PREP.
from, on, with
ADV.
always
Definitions
adj
Stern, harsh and forbidding.
The principal reason is that, in competition with modern road vehicles running over motorways, B.R. has a dour struggle to match the performance of its rivals cost-wise.
I was reminded of the dour priests and salesmen of the nineteenth century who believed that the plebs wouldn’t be able to handle getting the vote, or a decent wage, or, least of all, leisure, and who backed the seventy-hour workweek as an efficacious instrument in the fight against liquor.
Unyielding and obstinate.
Expressing gloom or melancholy.
noun
Alternative form of daur.
The detachment that went out the day before yesterday on a dour have not returned: the party consisted of 200 Highlanders and 100 Sikhs, also twenty horsemen.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
adjective — stubbornly unyielding
- dogged
- persistent
- pertinacious
- tenacious
- unyielding
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6The principal reason is that, in competition with modern road vehicles running over motorways, B.R. has a dour struggle to match the performance of its rivals cost-wise.
WiktionaryI was reminded of the dour priests and salesmen of the nineteenth century who believed that the plebs wouldn’t be able to handle getting the vote, or a decent wage, or, least of all, leisure, and who
WiktionaryHayek had contributed the foreword, in which he declared that “he got so fascinated” by the book—high praise from the dour Viennese sage—that he read it from start to finish in one sitting.
WiktionaryThe detachment that went out the day before yesterday on a dour have not returned: the party consisted of 200 Highlanders and 100 Sikhs, also twenty horsemen.
WiktionaryShe gave us a dour look when we suggested that she apologize.
Tatoeba · #2415786He's always been a dour twat with a face like a cat's arse.
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