Meaning & use
dour
Stern, gloomy, or unfriendly in manner or appearance.
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The dour clerk barely looked up as he stamped our passports.
Despite the dour weather, the hikers kept their spirits high.
A note on using this word
Dour is often pronounced to rhyme with 'poor' or 'sour'; it describes a persistent, severe manner rather than a brief bad mood.
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