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dour

(d/U/r )

adjective (a)

Hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect; hardy; bold.(adjective)

source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

stubbornly unyielding(adj.all)

Example:
Dour determination.

Synonym:
dogged, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding

source: wordnet30
harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance(adj.all)

Example:
A dour, self-sacrificing life.

Synonym:
forbidding, grim

source: wordnet30
showing a brooding ill humor(adj.all)

Example:
The proverbially dour New England Puritan.

Synonym:
dark, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen

source: wordnet30

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