dour

[US]/dʊə(r)/
[UK]/dʊr/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

English definition: vakava; synkkä; sulkeutunut.
Word Forms
Superlativedourest

Example Sentences

her dour, monotonic husband.

hänen synkkä, monotoninen miehensä.

He is a proverbially dour New England Puritan.

Hän on esimerkki synkästä New Englandin puritaanista.

a dour, self-sacrificing life.

synkkä, itseä uhraava elämä.

a hard, dour, humourless fanatic.

kova, synkkä, tunteeton fanatikko.

the proverbially dour New England Puritan.See Synonyms at glum

tyypillisesti synkkä New Englandin puritaani. Katso synonyymejä sanassa glum

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