Dour Synonyms and Antonyms

Dour Sentence Examples

• The social reformer of the past is depicted as a dour spinster wielding an axe to break barrels of "Demon Rum."

• It is situated at the mouth of a small stream, the Dour, whose valley here breaches the high chalk cliffs which fringe the coast on either hand.

• The tanker driver was a dour, surly man.

• A rare capacity for tedious work, a dour Catonian rectitude, a passion for truth, pride, irritability at criticism and independence of character, are the marks of Herculano as a man.

• If given the choice between two potential partners, one with a sunny disposition, and another with a dour expression, a male Sagittarian will always choose the individual who is smiling.