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DOUR Synonyms

There are 25 synonyms of the word dour. (exact relations)
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forbidding
adjectiveadj
noun

• an official prohibition or edict against something

adjective satellite

• harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance

• threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

sullen
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• showing a brooding ill humor

• darkened by clouds

gloomy
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• depressingly dark

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• causing dejection

grim
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

• shockingly repellent; inspiring horror

• harshly ironic or sinister

• harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• causing dejection

morose
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• showing a brooding ill humor

severe
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality

• very strong or vigorous

• severely simple

• unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment

• causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

• very bad in degree or extent

stern
adjectiveadj
noun

• the rear part of a ship

• United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)

• the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

adjective satellite

• of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect

• not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

• severe and unremitting in making demands

• severely simple

serious
adjectiveadj
adjective

• concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities

• completely lacking in playfulness

adjective satellite

• of great consequence

• causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

• appealing to the mind

• requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve

unsmiling
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• not smiling

unyielding
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• stubbornly unyielding

• resistant to physical force or pressure

dark
adjectiveadj
adjective

• devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black

• (used of color) having a dark hue

noun

• absence of light or illumination

• absence of moral or spiritual values

• an unilluminated area

• the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

• an unenlightened state

adjective satellite

• brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)

• stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable

• secret

• showing a brooding ill humor

• lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture

• marked by difficulty of style or expression

• causing dejection

• not giving performances; closed

dejected
adjectiveadj
adjective

• affected or marked by low spirits

dogged
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• stubbornly unyielding

glowering
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• showing a brooding ill humor

glum
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• moody and melancholic

• showing a brooding ill humor

harsh
adjectiveadj
adjective

• of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles

adjective satellite

• unpleasantly stern

• unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

• severe

• sharply disagreeable; rigorous

melancholic
adjectiveadj
noun

• someone subject to melancholia

adjective satellite

• characterized by or causing or expressing sadness

moody
adjectiveadj
noun

• United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998)

• United States evangelist (1837-1899)

adjective satellite

• showing a brooding ill humor

• subject to sharply varying moods

obstinate
adjectiveadj
adjective

• tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

adjective satellite

• stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

• resistant to guidance or discipline

verb

• persist stubbornly

persistent
adjectiveadj
adjective

• retained; not shed

adjective satellite

• never-ceasing

• continually recurring to the mind

• stubbornly unyielding

Alternatives for FORBIDDING

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