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Definition and meaning of dour
Definitions
dour (adj.)
1.unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment"a parent severe to the pitch of hostility" - H.G.Wells"a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien" "a strict disciplinarian" "a Spartan upbringing"
2.showing a brooding ill humor"a dark scowl" "the proverbially dour New England Puritan" "a glum, hopeless shrug" "he sat in moody silence" "a morose and unsociable manner" "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius" - Bruce Bliven"a sour t..."
3.harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance"a dour, self-sacrificing life" "a forbidding scowl" "a grim man loving duty more than humanity" "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw" - J.M.Barrie
4.stubbornly unyielding"dogged persistence" "dour determination" "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics" "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it" - T.S.Eliot"men tenacious of opinion"
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Merriam Webster
DourDour (?), a. [Cf. F. dur, L. durus.] Hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect; hardy; bold. [Scot.]
A dour wife, a sour old carlin. C. Reade.
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Synonyms
dour (adj.)
austere, bleak, cussed, dark, dismal, dogged, dreary, forbidding, gloomy, glowering, glum, grim, grouchy, hard, hard-hearted, harsh, heartless, moody, morose, mulish, persistent, pertinacious, quarrelsome, saturnine, severe, sour, spartan, steadfast, stern, strict, stubborn, sullen, tenacious, testy, unwavering, unyielding, pigheaded (colloquial), wilful (British), willful (American)
See also
dour (adj.)
↘ austerely, badly, bullhead, deep-rooted nature, doggedly, doggedness, dourly, firmly, gravely, grimness, gruffness, hardhead, hardness, harshness, inclemency, mule, obstinacy, obstinately, perseverance, persistence, persistency, persistently, pertinacity, pigheaded person, pugnacity, rigor, rigorously, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, seriously, severely, severeness, severity, steadfastly, sternly, stiffness, strictly, stringently, stubborn individual, stubbornly, stubbornness, tenaciously, tenaciousness, tenacity, unrelentingly, unrelentingness, unwaveringly ↗ gnarl, growl, grumble, grunt, oink, snarl
Phrases
⇨ Alassane N'Dour • Boussu Dour Borinage • Dour Festival • N'Dour • Ogo-dour Cove • River Dour, Kent • USS Dour • USS Dour (AM-223) • USS Dour (MSF-223) • Youssou N'Dour
Analogical dictionary
dour (adj.)
qui punit (fr)[Classe]
sévère (fr)[Classe]
austère (fr)[Classe]
solemn; grave; earnest; serious[Classe]
nonindulgent, strict[Similaire]
dour (adj.)
peu accueillant (fr)[Classe]
prompt à se mettre en colère (fr)[Classe...]
peevish[Classe]
boudeur (fr)[Classe]
mécontent (fr)[Classe]
qui hait le genre humain (fr)[Classe]
bourru (fr)[Classe]
porté à critiquer, à récriminer (fr)[Classe]
triste (fr)[Classe]
(weariness; boredom; ennui; tedium)[termes liés]
gnarl, growl, grumble, grunt, oink, snarl[Qui~]
ill-natured[Similaire]
dour (adj.)
dour (adj.)
qui n'en fait qu'à sa tête (fr)[Classe]
persévérant (fr)[Classe]
obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate[Similaire]
Wikipedia
Dour
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| Coordinates: 50°24′N 03°47′E / 50.4°N 3.783°E | |||
| Country | Belgium | ||
| Region | Wallonia | ||
| Community | French Community | ||
| Province | Hainaut | ||
| Arrondissement | Mons | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Carlo Di Antonio | ||
| • Governing party/ies | cdH, MR | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 33.32 km2 (12.86 sq mi) | ||
| Population (1 January 2011)[1] | |||
| • Total | 16,943 | ||
| • Density | 510/km2 (1,300/sq mi) | ||
| Postal codes | 7370 | ||
| Area codes | 065 | ||
| Website | www.communedour.be | ||
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Dour is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 16,810 inhabitants. The total area is 33.32 km², giving a population density of 505 inhabitants per km².
Since 1989 Dour has hosted the annual Dour Festival, an alternative music festival.
Dour is often considered the western end of the sillon industriel, the former industrial backbone of Wallonia.
See also
The Wiktionary entry for dour
References
- ^ Population per municipality on 1 January 2011 (XLS; 322 KB)
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