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Dour vs Douc - What's the difference?

dour | douc |

As an adjective dour

is stern, harsh and forbidding.

As a noun douc is

a species of colobine old world monkey, making up the genus pygathrix .

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

    douc

    English

    (wikipedia douc) (Pygathrix)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A species of colobine Old World monkey, making up the genus Pygathrix

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