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Ernest vs Dour - What's the difference?

ernest | dour |

As a noun ernest

is .

As an adjective dour is

stern, harsh and forbidding.

ernest

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • ; popular in the 19th century.
  • * 1895 Oscar Wilde: The Importance of Being Earnest :
    • GWENDOLEN. --, and my ideal has always been to love someone in the name of Ernest . There is something in that name that inspires absolute confidence.
  • * 1980 P.D.James: Innocent Blood :
    • "What's his name, your boyfriend?" "Ernest. Ernest' Hemingway." The name was received in disparaging silence. Marlene said: "You wouldn't get me going out with a feller called '''Ernest'''. My granddad was ' Ernest ."

    Related terms

    * pet form: Ernie * female given name: Ernestine

    Anagrams

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    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