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dour

ADJ เข้มงวด  กวดขัน  serious kem-nguad

 

dour

ADJ เศร้าหมอง  เศร้าใจ  ไม่สบายใจ  หดหู่ใจ  gloomy depressed cheerless sao-mong

 

dourly

ADV อย่าง เศร้าสร้อย  yang-sao-soi

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DOUR

Dour, a. Etym: [Cf. F. dur, L. durus.]

 

Defn: Hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect; hardy; bold. [Scot. ] A dour wife, a sour old carlin. C. Reade.

 

DOURA

DOURA Dou "ra, n.

 

Defn: A kind of millet. See Durra.

 

DOUROUCOULI

DOUROUCOULI Dou `rou *cou "li, n.

 

Defn: See Durukuli.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dour

dour |do͝or, dou (ə )r ˈdaʊ (ə )r ˈdʊ (ə )r | adjective relentlessly severe, stern, or gloomy in manner or appearance: a hard, dour, humorless fanatic. DERIVATIVES dour ly adverb, dour ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (originally Scots ): probably from Scottish Gaelic dúr dull, obstinate, stupid, perhaps from Latin durus hard.

 

Douro

Dou ro |ˈdōˌro͞o ˈduroʊ | a river on the Iberian peninsula that rises in central Spain and flows west for 556 miles (900 km ) through Portugal to the Atlantic Ocean near Oporto. Spanish name Duero.

 

douroucouli

dou rou cou li |ˌdo͝orəˈko͞olē ˌdʊrəˈkuli | noun ( pl. douroucoulis ) a large-eyed chiefly nocturnal monkey found in South America. Also called night monkey, owl monkey. [Genus Aotus, family Cebidae: two or more species. ] ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: probably a South American Indian name.

 

Oxford Dictionary

dour

dour |ˈdʊə, ˈdaʊə | adjective relentlessly severe, stern, or gloomy in manner or appearance: a hard, dour, humourless fanatic. DERIVATIVES dourly adverb, dourness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (originally Scots ): probably from Scottish Gaelic dúr dull, obstinate, stupid , perhaps from Latin durus hard .

 

Douro

Douro |ˈdʊəruː | a river of the Iberian peninsula, rising in central Spain and flowing west for 900 km (556 miles ) through Portugal to the Atlantic Ocean near Oporto. Spanish name Duero.

 

douroucouli

douroucouli |ˌdʊərʊˈkuːli | noun ( pl. douroucoulis ) a large-eyed chiefly nocturnal monkey found in South America. Also called night monkey, owl monkey. Genus Aotus, family Cebidae: two or more species. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: probably a South American Indian name.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

dour

dour adjective they were barely acknowledged by the dour receptionist: stern, unsmiling, unfriendly, severe, forbidding, gruff, surly, grim, sullen, solemn, austere, stony. ANTONYMS cheerful, friendly.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

dour

dour adjective they were barely acknowledged by the dour receptionist: stern, unsmiling, unfriendly, frowning, poker-faced, severe, forbidding, morose, sour, gruff, surly, uncommunicative, grim, gloomy, dismal, sullen, sombre, grave, sober, serious, solemn, austere, stony, unsympathetic, disapproving. ANTONYMS cheerful; friendly.

 

Duden Dictionary

Dourine

Dou ri ne Substantiv, feminin , die Durine |duˈriːnə |die Dourine; Genitiv: der Dourine, Plural: die Dourinen arabisch-französisch durch Trypanosomen verursachte Geschlechtskrankheit von Pferd und Esel; Beschälseuche

 

Douro

Dou ro Substantiv, maskulin , der |ˈdo:ru |der Douro; Genitiv: des Douro portugiesische Form von Duero

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

dour

dour /dʊə r , daʊ (ə )r /形容詞 1 厳格な, 厳しい ; 頑固な ; 気難しい .2 恐ろしい, 怖い (grim ).ly 副詞