dour

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

Translation

déf. sévère; sombre; peu communicatif.
Word Forms
Superlatifdourest

Example Sentences

her dour, monotonic husband.

son mari taciturne, monotone.

He is a proverbially dour New England Puritan.

C'est un New England Puritan taciturne, proverbial.

a dour, self-sacrificing life.

une vie taciturne, empreinte de sacrifices.

a hard, dour, humourless fanatic.

un fanatique dur, taciturne et sans humour.

the proverbially dour New England Puritan.See Synonyms at glum

Le New England Puritan taciturne, proverbial. Voir les synonymes à glum

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