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Dour vs Dogget - What's the difference?

dour | dogget |

As an adjective dour

is stern, harsh and forbidding.

As a noun dogget is

obsolete form of docket.

dour

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Stern, harsh and forbidding.
  • Unyielding and obstinate.
  • Expressing gloom or melancholy; sullenly unhappy.

    • Synonyms

    * forbidding, harsh, severe, stern * (unyielding) obstinate, stubborn, unyielding * (expressing gloom) dejected, gloomy, melancholic, sullen

    Derived terms

    * dourly * dourness

    dogget

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
    • (Webster 1913)