dour 音标拼音: [d'ɑʊɚ] [d'ɑʊr]
a . 不爱讲话的,沉沉的,严厉的,顽强的
不爱讲话的,沈沈的,严厉的,顽强的
dour adj 1 :
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 " [
synonym : {
dogged }, {
dour }, {
persistent },
{
pertinacious }, {
tenacious }, {
unyielding }]
2 :
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 [
synonym :
{
dour }, {
forbidding }, {
grim }]
3 :
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 " [
synonym : {
dark },
{
dour }, {
glowering }, {
glum }, {
moody }, {
morose }, {
saturnine },
{
sour }, {
sullen }]
Dour \
Dour \,
a . [
Cf .
F .
dur ,
L .
durus .]
Hard ;
inflexible ;
obstinate ;
sour in aspect ;
hardy ;
bold .
[
Scot .]
[
1913 Webster ]
A dour wife ,
a sour old carlin . --
C .
Reade .
[
1913 Webster ]
Doura 110 Moby Thesaurus words for "
dour ":
Spartan ,
Spartanic ,
adamant ,
adamantine ,
astringent ,
austere ,
authoritarian ,
beetle -
browed ,
black ,
black -
browed ,
bleak ,
cast -
iron ,
cheerless ,
cold ,
crabbed ,
dark ,
dejected ,
demanding ,
dismal ,
dreary ,
dumpish ,
exacting ,
exigent ,
firm ,
flinty ,
forbidding ,
frowning ,
fundamentalist ,
gloomy ,
glowering ,
glum ,
grim ,
grum ,
hard ,
hard -
core ,
hard -
nosed ,
hardy ,
harsh ,
hidebound ,
immovable ,
immutable ,
implacable ,
impliable ,
inclement ,
inelastic ,
inexorable ,
inflexible ,
intransigent ,
iron ,
ironbound ,
ironclad ,
ironhanded ,
irreconcilable ,
lowering ,
melancholy ,
meticulous ,
moodish ,
moody ,
mopey ,
moping ,
mopish ,
morose ,
mumpish ,
muscle -
bound ,
obdurate ,
obstinate ,
orthodox ,
procrustean ,
purist ,
puristic ,
puritan ,
puritanic ,
relentless ,
rigid ,
rigorist ,
rigoristic ,
rigorous ,
rock -
ribbed ,
rockbound ,
rough ,
rugged ,
saturnine ,
scowling ,
severe ,
sour ,
steely ,
stern ,
stiff ,
straightlaced ,
straitlaced ,
strict ,
stringent ,
stubborn ,
sulky ,
sullen ,
surly ,
tough ,
ugly ,
unaffected ,
unalterable ,
unbending ,
unchangeable ,
uncompromising ,
unfriendly ,
ungentle ,
ungiving ,
unmoved ,
unrelenting ,
unsparing ,
unyielding
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