[ adjective ]
■ grave or even gloomy in character
e.g.)
・solemn and mournful music
・a suit of somber black
・a somber mood
→
melancholy
,
somber
,
sombre
[ adjective ]
■ harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
e.g.)
・a dour, self-sacrificing life
・a forbidding scowl
・a grim man loving duty more than humanity
・undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw
→
dour
,
forbidding
,
grim
[ adjective ]
■ stubbornly unyielding
e.g.)
・dogged persistence
・dour determination
・the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics
・a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it
・men tenacious of opinion
→
dogged
,
dour
,
persistent
,
pertinacious
,
tenacious
,
unyielding
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