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Detailed Translations for dourness from English to French

dour:

dour adj

  1. dour (bitter)

Translation Matrix for dour:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
acide acid; sourishness
AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- dark; dogged; forbidding; glowering; glum; grim; moody; morose; persistent; pertinacious; saturnine; sour; sullen; tenacious; unyielding
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
acerbe bitter; dour acrid; angry; bitter; blazing; brusque; catty; curt; cutting; derisive; fiery; furious; glaring; indignant; injurious; insulting; nipping; offending; offensive; querulous; razor-sharp; scornful; sharp; snappish; snappy; sneering; virulent
acide bitter; dour bitter; derisive; scornful; sneering; sour; sourish; tasting sourishly
acidement bitter; dour
amer bitter; dour bitter; derisive; scornful; sneering; sour; sourish; tasting sourishly; untrue
amèrement bitter; dour bitter; derisive; scornful; sneering; sour
âpre bitter; dour bare; barren; biting; bitter; cutting; derisive; embittered; exasperated; fierce; grim; injurious; insulting; offending; offensive; piquant; scornful; sneering; sourly; spiced; spicy; sullen; suppressed

Related Words for "dour":

  • dourness, dourer, dourest, dourly

Synonyms for "dour":


Related Definitions for "dour":

  1. showing a brooding ill humor1
    • the proverbially dour New England Puritan1
  2. harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance1
    • a dour, self-sacrificing life1
  3. stubbornly unyielding1
    • dour determination1

Wiktionary Translations for dour:

dour
adjective
  1. expressing gloom or melancholy
  2. unyielding and obstinate
  3. stern, harsh and forbidding

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