dourness 的定义
- sullen; gloomy: The captain's dour look depressed us all.
- severe; stern: His dour criticism made us regret having undertaken the job.
- Scot. barren; rocky, infertile, or otherwise difficult or impossible to cultivate.
dourness 近义词
等同于 austerity
更多dourness例句
- I’ve met people who stay in town or indoors as much as they can, and they tend to get more dour as time goes on.
- I have met northern dourness and the inarticulate manner which is such a contrast to the gushing and noisy effusion of the south.
- Too intent upon her own feelings to give heed to the dourness of the lad Peggy followed him silently as he strode from the house.
- His unhappy daughter Mary (who built the College Chapel) hangs near him, her full dourness and wretchedness in her face.
- Theres a judgment in this; and, if theres power in the law o Scotland, Ill gar thee rue sic dourness.
- All grim and grey, and waste, and dourness and dool; like the army as it returns frae the fecht.