dour 3
adjectivedomain: all adj
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
Definition
showing a brooding ill humor
Examples
- 1.he sat in moody silence
- 2.a glum, hopeless shrug
- 3.a sullen crowd
- 4.a dark scowl
- 5.a morose and unsociable manner
- 6.the proverbially dour New England Puritan
- 7.a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius- Bruce Bliven
- 8.a sour temper
Synonyms
- dark 6
showing a brooding ill humor
- glowering 1
showing a brooding ill humor
- glum 2
showing a brooding ill humor
- moody 1
showing a brooding ill humor
- morose 1
showing a brooding ill humor
- saturnine 2
showing a brooding ill humor
- sour 6
showing a brooding ill humor
- sullen 1
showing a brooding ill humor


