Definitions
showing a brooding ill humor
Word origin
Borrowed from Scots dour, possibly from Latin dūrus (“hard, stern”), via Middle Irish dúr.
Used in a sentence
“The principal reason is that, in competition with modern road vehicles running over motorways, B.R. has a dour struggle to match the performance of its rivals cost-wise.”
“Hayek had contributed the foreword, in which he declared that “he got so fascinated” by the book—high praise from the dour Viennese sage—that he read it from start to finish in one sitting.”
“Tuchel arrived in Belgrade insisting England were ready to improve and show their quality after the dour victories that have characterised their World Cup qualification campaign.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Grim and gloomy”4 letters
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