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Dour

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Definition

Dour means relentlessly severe, stern, or gloomy in manner or appearance.

Synonyms & similar words

dogged morose sour pertinacious unyielding glowering moody grim sullen tenacious saturnine dark forbidding persistent glum grim bleak austere morose sullen surly gloomy dismal forbidding unsmiling glum harsh severe stern sour moody sombre serious melancholy joyless

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