dour
English Thesaurus
1. showing a brooding ill humor (adj.all)
| similar | : | ill-natured, |
| definition | : | having an irritable and unpleasant disposition (adj.all) |
2. harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance (adj.all)
| similar | : | unpleasant, |
| definition | : | disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings (adj.all) |
3. stubbornly unyielding (adj.all)
| similar | : | obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate, |
| definition | : | tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield (adj.all) |
4. showing a brooding ill humor (adj.all)
| derivation | : | moroseness, sourness, sulkiness, sullenness, |
| definition | : | a sullen moody resentful disposition (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | moodiness, |
| definition | : | a sullen gloomy feeling (noun.feeling) |
| derivation | : | glumness, moroseness, sullenness, |
| definition | : | a gloomy ill-tempered feeling (noun.feeling) |
5. harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance (adj.all)
| derivation | : | ghastliness, grimness, gruesomeness, luridness, |
| definition | : | the quality of being ghastly (noun.attribute) |
6. stubbornly unyielding (adj.all)
| derivation | : | adamance, obduracy, unyieldingness, |
| definition | : | resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | doggedness, perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinacity, tenaciousness, tenacity, |
| definition | : | persistent determination (noun.attribute) |
7. showing a brooding ill humor (adj.all)
| derivation | : | moroseness, sourness, sulkiness, sullenness, |
| definition | : | a sullen moody resentful disposition (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | moodiness, |
| definition | : | a sullen gloomy feeling (noun.feeling) |
| derivation | : | glumness, moroseness, sullenness, |
| definition | : | a gloomy ill-tempered feeling (noun.feeling) |
8. harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance (adj.all)
| derivation | : | ghastliness, grimness, gruesomeness, luridness, |
| definition | : | the quality of being ghastly (noun.attribute) |
9. stubbornly unyielding (adj.all)
| derivation | : | adamance, obduracy, unyieldingness, |
| definition | : | resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | doggedness, perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinacity, tenaciousness, tenacity, |
| definition | : | persistent determination (noun.attribute) |
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