VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / dour

Thesaurus: dour

Hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect; hardy; bold.

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

sourdefinitionaspectdefinitionbolddefinitionharddefinitionhardydefinitioninflexibledefinitionobstinatedefinitionappearancedefinitioncarlindefinitionformidabledefinitionharshlydefinitionmannerdefinitionolddefinitionscotdefinitionuninvitingdefinitionwifedefinitionbroodingdefinitionhumordefinitionilldefinitionshowingdefinitionstubbornlydefinitionunyieldingdefinitiondourafamilydourahfamilydourestfamilydourlyfamilydouroucoulifamilyDouglas sea scaleneighbor

Definitions

  1. a. Hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect; hardy; bold.
  2. adj. stubbornly unyielding
  3. adj. harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
  4. adj. showing a brooding ill humor
  5. Hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect; hardy; bold. [Scot.] A dour wife, a sour old carlin. C. Reade.
  6. Hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect; hardy; bold.[Scot.]A dour wife, a sour old carlin. C. Reade.
  7. j:100 s. harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance