Word "DOUR" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
Synonyms:
forbidding, grim
Examples:
a dour, self-sacrificing life

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
stubbornly unyielding
Synonyms:
dogged, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding
Examples:
dour determination

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
showing a brooding ill humor
Synonyms:
dark, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen
Examples:
the proverbially dour New England Puritan

Crossword Clues for DOUR

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Stern and forbidding
Do you get little Roy to appear so sullen? (4)
Severe Mirror Tea Time 17 Apr 2024
Gloomy passion out of Arabia (4)
Grim, sullen (4)
Obstinate but practical person it's said
Sullen, gloomy
Pass half an hour being stubborn (4)
Sullen The Times Concise 04 Feb 2024
Grimly obstinate, Everyman's after last bit of custard (4)
Grim The Guardian Quick 17 Jan 2024
Severe party at ancient city Mirror Cryptic 14 Jan 2024
Grim Mirror Quick 14 Jan 2024
Unfriendly Mirror Quick 27 Dec 2023
Forbidding smell, mostly Mirror Cryptic 27 Dec 2023
Gloomy Eugene Sheffer 12 Dec 2023
Unsociably cross LA Times Daily 29 Nov 2023
Gloomy-looking, stern-faced (4)
You join Rod looking somewhat sullen (4)
Gloomy, morose The Times Concise 20 Nov 2023
Full of gloom Premier Sunday 19 Nov 2023
Unsmiling in demeanor New York Times 25 Oct 2023
Visit old city that's somewhat grim The Guardian Cryptic 27 Jun 2023
Gloomy or sullen (anagram of "duro")
Gloomy Wall Street Journal 30 May 2023
Apt to be sour Newsday 27 May 2023
Sullen LA Times Daily 26 Apr 2023
Gloomy Eugene Sheffer 20 Apr 2023
Gloomy in manner or appearance Irish Times Simplex 03 Apr 2023
Ill-humored New York Times 05 Mar 2023
Stern The Telegraph Quick 07 Feb 2023
Gloomy Wall Street Journal 02 Feb 2023
Grim person achieving things, we hear The Times Cryptic 03 Oct 2022
Grim Canadiana 19 Sep 2022
Gloomy LA Times Daily 22 May 2022
Sullen Universal 19 Apr 2022
Gloomy Eugene Sheffer 07 Apr 2022
Gloomy USA Today 02 Feb 2022
Far from cheerful USA Today 23 Jan 2022
Sullen New York Times 02 Nov 2021
Gloomy Universal 08 Oct 2021
Grim and glum The Washington Post Sunday 26 Sep 2021
Severe, stern, gloomy The Times Concise 20 Sep 2021
Gloomy Newsday 27 Aug 2021
Stern-looking Wall Street Journal 25 Aug 2021
Gloomy Eugene Sheffer 20 Aug 2021
Forbidding party game to be taken up
Like Eeyore New York Times 04 Jul 2021
Gloomy Eugene Sheffer 03 Jun 2021
Hardly cheery New York Times 02 May 2021
Glum Universal 31 Mar 2021
Gloomy duo upset Romeo The Sun Two Speed 17 Mar 2021
Sullen The Sun Two Speed 17 Mar 2021
Gloomy Jonesin 23 Feb 2021
Stern The Washington Post 18 Feb 2021
Stern LA Times Daily 18 Feb 2021
Showing brooding ill humour Irish Times Simplex 15 Feb 2021
Certainly not cheery Universal 05 Jan 2021
Gloomy Newsday 21 Dec 2020
Stern or gloomy The Times Concise 13 Nov 2020
Gloomy New York Times 10 Nov 2020
Gloomy Universal 17 Oct 2020
Gloomy in manner or appearance Irish Times Simplex 10 Oct 2020
Sullenly unhappy Wall Street Journal 18 Jul 2020
Unopened perfume's grim
Needing cheering Newsday 02 Jul 2020
Grumpy Newsday 19 Apr 2020
Visibly forbidding New York Times 20 Mar 2020
Sullen Premier Sunday 02 Feb 2020
Far from cheery USA Today 20 Sep 2019
Gloomy-looking USA Today 05 Sep 2019
It's not supposed to be friendly in the banks? Do me a favour! Irish Times Crosaire 13 Jul 2019
Visit ancient city? It's grim
Unsmiling Wall Street Journal 25 Apr 2019
An extremely stern and unfriendly person, say
Hardly cheery Universal 19 Mar 2019
Sullen LA Times Daily 24 Feb 2019
Sullen The Washington Post 24 Feb 2019
Grim The Telegraph Quick 23 Feb 2019
Sullen Thomas Joseph 02 Feb 2019
Gloomy
Sullen
Unsmiling
Gloomy-looking
Far from cheery
Hardly cheery
Gloomy
Forbidding daughter to join quartet with no following The Telegraph Cryptic 03 Nov 2018
Far from cheerful USA Today 21 Oct 2018
Relentlessly glum Wall Street Journal 10 Oct 2018
An extremely stern and unfriendly person, say
Visibly gloomy
Relentlessly gloomy Wall Street Journal 24 Jul 2018
In a sullen mood USA Today 13 Jun 2018
Gloomy LA Times Daily 23 May 2018
Gloomy The Washington Post 23 May 2018
Sullen and gloomy
Brooding and frowning Universal 09 Apr 2018
Glum Newsday 29 Mar 2018
Stern-looking New York Times 25 Feb 2018
Gloomy Premier Sunday 18 Feb 2018
Sullen or grumpy expression (anagram of "duro")
Gloomy or grumpy
Relentlessly glum
Stern-looking
Brooding and frowning
Gloomy
Far from cheerful
In a sullen mood
Relentlessly gloomy
Gloomy or sullen
Sullen The Chronicle of Higher Education 24 Nov 2017
With a brooding ill humor Universal 24 Nov 2017
Gloomy or sullen, as with a look
Grim The Guardian Speedy 06 May 2017
Morose LA Times Daily 18 Jan 2017
Morose
With a brooding ill humor
Sullen
Melancholic LA Times Daily 28 Dec 2016
Morose Newsday 03 Jul 2016
Grim condo urgently blocked The Telegraph Toughie 03 Mar 2016
Unyielding Canadiana 29 Feb 2016
Ill-humored LA Times Daily 27 Jan 2016
Ill-humored
Melancholic
Incessantly gloomy Wall Street Journal 27 Oct 2015
Having a cheerless aspect Universal 09 Oct 2015
Where in France first 500 found resistance austere Irish Times Crosaire 30 Jul 2015
Forbidding New York Times 19 Jun 2015
Forbidding
Sullen
Having a cheerless aspect
Stonefaced
Incessantly gloomy
Honesty can be disregarded; that's grim
Grumpy
Having a gloomy outlook
Gloomy
Sullen
On the gloomy side
Gloomy or forbidding
Saturnine
Forbidding, as an expression
Saturnine
Gloomy
Sullen
Grumpy
Sullen
Gloomy
Sullen
Glum
Morose
Grimly grumpy
Gloomy
Not exactly chipper
Feeling glum
In a sullen mood
Like Eeyore, usually
Glowering
Ill-humored
Harsh
No fun to be around
Far from cheerful
Ill-humored
Saturnine
Ill-humored
Silently ill-humored
Forbidding
Visibly unhappy
Gloomy
Gloomy or stern
Visibly unhappy
Feeling gloomy
Far from perky
Ill-humored
Ill-humored
Gloomy
Sullen
Morose
Far from perky
Glum
Saturnine
Moody
Silently ill-humored
Not upbeat
Silently sullen
Glum
Sullen
Glum
Ill-humored
Forbidding
Morose
Appearing critical
Ill-humored
Hardly upbeat
Feeling blue
Sullen
Moody
Hardly cheerful
Silently ill-humored
Saturnine
Moody
Hardly cheerful
Morose
Gloomy
Saturnine
Like Henry Kissinger's demeanor
Silently illhumored
Sullen
Hardly upbeat
Saturnine
Glum
Glum
Morose
Gloomy
Moody
On the gloomy side
Gloomy or forbidding
Forbidding
Feeling blue
GRUMPY
Stubbornly unyielding
Dispirited
Hardly upbeat
Cheerless
Glum
Pessimistic
Grim
Grim; moody
Glum
Forbidding
Grim
Sullen; unsmiling
Stern and gloomy
Stern, to Scotty
Unsmiling
Stern
Gloomy, Scottish style.
Sullen in aspect.
Sullen.
Forbidding.
Gloomy.
Stern: Scot.
Sadfaced.
Sour-visaged.
Unbending as some Scotsmen.
The look of gloomy ones.
Severe.
Sour in aspect.
Forbidding
Not elated
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