Read full poem →strictures are upon record, that do no credit to his can-
dour: but though he was not fully able to emulate
him, I think he was far too proud to imitate him ;
Dictionary Entry
Stern, harsh and forbidding.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. dourexpression dourman dourface dourold dourscot dourdour rather
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Poetry examples for “dour”
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Read full poem →allowed to be inimitable; in these be has been preferred by judges of can-
dour even to Shakespeare himself. If Beaumont does not equal him in
this, yet being by bis fortvaii conversant also in hieh life (tne son of a
Read full poem →WHEN biting Boreas, fell and dour,
Sharp shivers thro’ the leafless bow’r;
Read full poem →Could stown a clue wi’ ony body:
He had a wife was dour and din,
O Tinkler Maidgie was her mither;
Read full poem →Began to fear, a fa’, man;
And Sackville dour, wha stood the stour,
The German chief to thraw, man:
Read full poem →When biting Boreas, fell and dour,
Sharp shivers thro’ the leafless bow’r;
Read full poem →And tak a look o’ Mysie;
She’s dour and din, a deil within,
But aiblins she may please ye.
Read full poem →I will blow the proud folk low,
Humanize the dour and slow,
I will shake the proud folk down,