dour
/ˈdʊɹ/ adjective C2- Stern, harsh and forbidding.
- Unyielding and obstinate.
- Expressing gloom or melancholy.
Comparative dourer · Superlative dourest
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He was a silent, precise man with a dour nature and a hard Aberdonian accent.
I followed him with a dour face.
He held my friend’s card in his hand, and he looked up with no very pleased expression upon his dour features.
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