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dour

/ˈdaʊə/
adjective
  1. Stern, harsh and forbidding.

  2. Unyielding and obstinate.

  3. Expressing gloom or melancholy; sullenly unhappy.

Synonymsdejected, gloomy, melancholic, sullen, forbidding, harsh

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