dour
adjective
1. stubbornly unyielding
- dour determination
Similar word(s): obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate, dogged, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding
2. harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
- a dour, self-sacrificing life
Similar word(s): unpleasant, forbidding, grim
3. showing a brooding ill humor
- the proverbially dour New England Puritan
Similar word(s): dark, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen