dour

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Stern, harsh and forbidding.
2. Unyielding and obstinate.
3. Expressing gloom or melancholy.

Sinonieme

sullen

morose

moody

glum

sulky

saturnine

harsh

dark

unyielding

dismal

glowering

sour

tenacious

tough

strict

gloomy

severe

joyless

hard-core

persistent

stern

heavy

pertinacious

dogged

unfriendly

rough

inimical

forbidding

grim

austere

introverted

iron

keen

loud

mirthless

pessimistic

raging

raw

rigorous

rubbery

rude

ruffianly

sad

☹️

searing

serious

sharp

smart

stark

steely

stiff

stone

🪨

stringy

surly

swingeing

tall

uncharitable

unforgiving

ungallant

unkind

unkindly

unrelenting

unsparing

unsympathetic

viscous

hard-fought

ropey

unchewable

dark-natured

unmalleable

low spirited

ball-breaker

ball-buster

nonindulgent

unsupportive

grum

acute

tetric

ascetic

bad

👎

bare

barren

beardown

big

bitter

bland

blistering

blunt

bruising

brusque

brutal

cheerless

chewy

cross

crude

depressed

flint

gruff

hard

hardcore

hardy

inclement

inexorable

inhospitable

insular

intemperate

intense

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈdʊə/

Etimologie (Engels)

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.