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Meanings of dour in anglès
Stubbornly unyielding.
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Examples for "dark"
Examples for "dark"
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They were buried in dust in the dark room in the clock-tower.
2
No, no; that would be luxurious; let us chat in the dark.
3
No, no; the man who is in the dark is in safety.
4
The leader is a dark-brown stallion; the mares are lighter in colour.
5
I'd felt dark power similar to this before today-similar ,butnot identical.
1
However, Boxee emerges at sour times for Apple in its developer community.
2
Now we also see more secured loans, particularly home loans, turning sour.
3
Although the way we are currently behaving may sour her against us.
4
Use this flavorful sauce wherever you might normally use a sweet-and-sour sauce.
5
Refiners need heavier, sour grades for blending for diesel or other products.
1
And the overall result is a moody sophomore work long on ambition.
2
After Johann's sortie, however, Keiko became more moody, often quarreling with Beatrice.
3
The remainder of the day was passed by him in moody thought.
4
It is a moody monster not catalogued in the list of terrors.
5
Their ruler had seemed moody of late, and given to strange forebodings.
1
But the Nabals are sullen; they are grumblers; they are never done.
2
It was not a sullen shrug; it only said he didn't know.
3
Two sullen crimson discs glowed in the black arch of the tunnel.
4
The stillness out of doors bespoke a sullen break in the storm.
5
Engines snorted in sullen labor, charging to and fro, aimlessly it appeared.
1
A trail ran through the woods; a trail singularly morose and unattractive.
2
The missionaries have in consequence been accused of being morose and narrow-minded.
3
The morose moon started up, a tragic hieroglyph in the passionless sky.
4
Even the animals, in their woven willow enclosures, appeared bedraggled and morose.
5
He was morose and disheartened; gloomy thoughts revolved behind his aching brow.
1
A glum, tired, downbeat group tonight, the bad news outweighing the good.
2
Slidell looked so glum, I let the grating command pass without comment.
3
His attitude, contradictory but somehow attractive-almostpiquant-wasone of glum good cheer.
4
Even the glum-faced stepson of the narrator roused up into some interest.
5
No burgers for a while. He looked glum as he said it.
1
It shows the dramatic image of Wordsworth emerging from a glowering landscape.
2
She came and sat on the table, looking a bit less glowering.
3
She was hurt, and a little glowering anger shone in her face.
4
But still he hesitated, glowering with suspicion; unwilling to trust them alone.
5
He lighted another cigar, beaming through the smoke on the glowering minister.
1
The old man smiled in his most saturnine fashion and sighed dismally.
2
Father Brown seemed rather to like the saturnine candour of the soldier.
3
The parrot edged along his knee and eyed him with saturnine affection.
4
A fleeting smile lighted up the saturnine gloom of his present mood.
5
Then if the result pleased him, a smile overspread his saturnine features.
Usage of dour in anglès
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Facebook Twitter Pinterest Fans gather to watch 'dour German second division football'.
2
The opening quarter-hour was dour with neither side taking a dominant role.
3
A dour deduction that Hamish reached, all by himself, just hours ago.
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And you seem... well, somewhat more dour than I've seen you before.
5
The clinic was located in a dour Victorian hospital in central London.
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Gabriel de Witt straightened himself, looking grim and dour even for him.
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Hytner's version dismisses that question with a dour roll of the eyes.
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Since the meeting with the governor, he had grown dour and unapproachable.
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Still, it is hard to look beyond the dour outlook for Deutsche.
10
Just do a lot of floating around and looking dour and everything.
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Just such an amendment as the dour Minority Floor Leader had prepared.
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Perry and Mat, with their dour expressions, looked dreadfully out of place.
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Ovenden is generous about the cramped and dour Victoria line of 1968.
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Photographed at a Scottish train station, the 35-year-old looked dour and downcast.
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One glance at this dour old ruin said he'd already found it.
16
That usually acts in its favor, but sometimes it is exceedingly dour.
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Dour through the time
Dour across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common