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| dour [ dowr, door ] |
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1. severe or unfriendly: severe or gloomy, and unfriendly and unresponsive toward others
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2. determined: grimly and stubbornly determined
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| [14th century. Probably via Gaelic dūr "obstinate" < Latin durus "hard"] |
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  dour·ly adverb |
| dour·ness noun |
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