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Meanings of dour in английском

Moody and melancholic.

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Stubbornly unyielding.

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Harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance.

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Usage of dour in английском
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Facebook Twitter Pinterest Fans gather to watch 'dour German second division football'.
The Guardian
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The opening quarter-hour was dour with neither side taking a dominant role.
The Irish Times
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A dour deduction that Hamish reached, all by himself, just hours ago.
Existence
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And you seem... well, somewhat more dour than I've seen you before.
Proven guilty
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The clinic was located in a dour Victorian hospital in central London.
Smoke and mirrors: short fictions and illusions
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Gabriel de Witt straightened himself, looking grim and dour even for him.
Conrad’s Fate
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Hytner's version dismisses that question with a dour roll of the eyes.
The South African
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Since the meeting with the governor, he had grown dour and unapproachable.
Act of will
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Still, it is hard to look beyond the dour outlook for Deutsche.
Reuters
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Just do a lot of floating around and looking dour and everything.
James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
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Just such an amendment as the dour Minority Floor Leader had prepared.
Epistles from Pap: Letters from the man known as 'The Will Roger...
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Perry and Mat, with their dour expressions, looked dreadfully out of place.
The capitol game
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Ovenden is generous about the cramped and dour Victoria line of 1968.
The Guardian
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Photographed at a Scottish train station, the 35-year-old looked dour and downcast.
News.com.au
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One glance at this dour old ruin said he'd already found it.
Act of will
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That usually acts in its favor, but sometimes it is exceedingly dour.
The Guardian
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Ireland
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
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