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单词 dour
释义
dour
adjective
uk
/dʊər/us
/dʊr/
(usually of a person'sappearanceormanner)unfriendly,unhappy, and veryserious:
（通常指人的外表或行为）冷峻的，阴沉的，不苟言笑的
Thenormallydour Mr James wasphotographedsmilingandjokingwithfriends.平时不苟言笑的詹姆斯先生照片上却与朋友们谈笑风生。
Synonym
morose
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
lacking humour and not meant to be funny
  • seriousShe had a serious look on her face.
  • earnestAt that time he was an earnest young environmental activist.
  • soberThe mood of the gathering was sober and reflective.
  • sombreUKSince their colleague died there has been a very sombre atmosphere in the office.
  • solemnThe two men fell silent, their faces solemn.
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Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
not liking or being pleasant towards others
  • unfriendlyThe crowd was unfriendly and dangerous.
  • coolShe was very cool towards his new wife.
  • coldShe's a cold, heartless woman.
  • icyHe gave me an icy stare.
  • glacialHer reception of him was glacial.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Not being friendly
  • abrasive
  • abrasively
  • abrasiveness
  • abruptly
  • abruptness
  • antagonism
  • antagonistic
  • coolness
  • estrange
  • estranged
  • estrangement
  • forbidding
  • forbiddingly
  • prickly
  • sourness
  • standoffish
  • standoffishly
  • standoffishness
  • sullen
  • surly
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Feeling sad and unhappy

Related words

dourly
dourness
(Definition ofdourfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

dour| American Dictionary

dour
adjective[-er/-est only]
us
/dʊər,dɑʊər/
(of a person’sappearanceormanner) veryseriousandsad, andlikelytojudgepeopleseverely:
a dourlook
(Definition ofdourfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdour

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Most will conjure up images of adourcollection of mostly older folk, sitting quietly in a plain room.
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What is meant here can perhaps be approached by considering the case of an isolated community ofdourindividualists who-for purely prudential reasons-maintain a volunteer fire department.
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We should not pretend that they need our help because they aredour, miserable and always whingeing—that is the last thing they are.
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There is a tremen-dourneed for pioneer experiment.
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In the end, one research worker, a ratherdournorth countryman, decided to take the local bus.
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He is a well-preserved man of 60, with high forehead of intellectual shape and adour, uncompromising expression.
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In conclusion, those interested in penal reform have attempted to keep thedourtaint of prison from as many people as possible.
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I have heard them again to-day with the samedourinsistence, and when the bon.
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The title of this debate may appear a littledourand unexciting.
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No industrialist wants to move to a country which appears to him to be in a state of steep decline and inhabited bydourpeople holding out the begging bowl.
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Some of them will bedour.
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It is adourbusiness.
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The present stage of the war isdourand hard, and the fighting must be expected on all fronts to increase in scale and in intensity.
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These negatives assumed great importance in such adourand unforgiving atmosphere.
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The funeral dance to thedourtune of bagpipes brings the footstep of doom into the forest.
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