Word Definitions & Examples
adjective satellite
Sense 1
"a dour, self-sacrificing life"
"a forbidding scowl"
"a grim man loving duty more than humanity"
"undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie"
Similar:
unpleasant
adjective satellite
Sense 2
"a dark scowl"
"the proverbially dour New England Puritan"
"a glum, hopeless shrug"
"he sat in moody silence"
"a morose and unsociable manner"
"a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven"
"a sour temper"
Similar:
ill-natured
adjective satellite
Sense 3
"dogged persistence"
"dour determination"
"the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"
"a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot"
"men tenacious of opinion"
Similar:
stubborn
Semantic Complexity
43%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
3
Total Relationships
3
Times Searched
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