Definition of DOUR

dour

Plural: dours

Adjective Satellite

  • stubbornly unyielding; ; ; ; - T.S.Eliot
    • "dour determination"
  • harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; ; ; ; - J.M.Barrie
    • "a dour, self-sacrificing life"
  • showing a brooding ill humor; ; ; ; ; ; - Bruce Bliven
    • "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"

Adj

  • Stern, harsh and forbidding.
  • Unyielding and obstinate.
  • Expressing gloom or melancholy.

Noun

  • Alternative form of daur.

Adjective

  • Sullen, severe, or gloomy in manner or appearance.

Examples

  • His DOUR expression indicated the Words With Friends game was not going his way.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Scots dour, possibly from Latin dūrus (“hard, stern”), via Middle Irish dúr.
Compare French dur, Catalan dur, Italian duro, Portuguese duro, Romanian dur, Spanish duro. Doublet of dure.

Scrabble Score: 5

dour: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
dour: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dour: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

dour: valid Words With Friends Word