dour
/dʊr/
adjective
- Severe, stern, or gloomy in manner or appearance.
- The dour security guard never smiled, even at children.
- The weather matched his dour mood, gray and rainy all day.
- Her dour expression made everyone think she was angry, but she was just concentrating.
- Relentlessly severe or stubborn; unyielding.
- The team faced dour opposition from the defending champions.
- The negotiations were marked by dour resistance from both sides.
- His dour determination helped him finish the marathon despite the pain.