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dourness

/door, douuhr, dou-er/US // dʊər, daʊər, ˈdaʊ ər //UK // (dʊə, ˈdaʊə) //

疲惫,疲惫不堪,疲倦,疲软

Related Words

sullen愠怒,闷闷不乐,忧郁的,哭丧着脸morose丧气,丧气的,悲观的,忧郁的harsh严厉的,苛刻的,严酷的,严厉glum阴沉,阴郁,忧郁,忧郁的surly糜烂的,糜烂,奇怪的是,汹涌澎湃bleak黯淡的,惨淡的,黯淡无光,惨淡dismal惨淡,凄惨的,惨淡的,凄惨dreary枯燥乏味,枯燥乏味的,枯燥无味的,枯燥无味forbidding禁止,强制,禁令,禁忌hard艰苦,艰难的,艰难,艰苦的saturnine卫星人,卫星,卫星网,卫星导航severe严重,严厉,严峻,严峻的sour酸性的,酸溜溜的,酸味的,酸性stringent严格的,严苛的,严谨的,严厉的sulky闷闷不乐,闷闷不乐的,闷骚,闷骚的ugly丑陋,丑陋的,丑恶的,丑恶unfriendly不友好,不友好的,不友善的,不友善crabbed贪婪的,贪得无厌,贪婪,贪污

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : 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.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inausterity
Synonyms
baldness秃头,秃发,秃头症,秃头现象bareness光秃秃的,赤裸裸的,裸体,赤裸裸地economy经济,节约,经济性,经济效益plainness平实,朴素,朴实,平淡primitiveness原始性,初始化,原始人,初始化程度rusticism乡土主义,质朴主义,朴素主义,乡村主义severity严重性,严重程度,严格,严厉程度simplicity简单性,简易性,简单,简洁spareness知名度,觉悟,觉醒,觉察starkness呆滞性,粗糙度,呆滞,呆板spartanism斯巴达主义,空间主义,斯巴达克,斯巴达式的unadornment疏导,疏通,疏导员,疏通关系

Examples

  • 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.

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