DOUR

Definition of DOUR

1. adjective

   showing a brooding ill humor; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven

   “a dark scowl”

   Synonyms: dark, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine

2. adjective

   harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie

   “a dour, self-sacrificing life”

   Synonyms: forbidding, grim

3. adjective

   stubbornly unyielding; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot

   “dogged persistence”

   Synonyms: dogged, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding

Definitions from WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University).

Anagrams of DOUR

• duro 5

Words within DOUR

11 words can be made from any subset of the letters in DOUR.

• duro 5
• dor 4
• duo 4
• oud 4
• rod 4
• udo 4
• urd 4
• our 3
• do 3
• od 3
• or 2