dour

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective dour is

stern, harsh and forbidding.

As a noun ernest

is .

As an adjective dour is

stern, harsh and forbidding.

As a proper noun earnest

is , an occasional spelling variant of ernest.

As an adjective dour is

stern, harsh and forbidding.

Dour is a related term of apathetic.

As adjectives the difference between dour and apathetic

is that dour is stern, harsh and forbidding while apathetic is void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion; passionless; indifferent.

As adjectives the difference between dour and downcast

is that dour is stern, harsh and forbidding while downcast is (of eyes) looking downwards.

As a noun downcast is

(computing) a cast from supertype to subtype.

As a verb downcast is

(obsolete) to cast or throw up; to turn upward.

As an adjective dour

is stern, harsh and forbidding.

As a verb tense is

.

As a verb glower

is to look or stare with anger.

As a noun glower

is an angry stare or glare.

As an adjective dour is

stern, harsh and forbidding.

As a verb glowering

is .

As a noun glowering

is the act of giving a glower.

As an adjective dour is

stern, harsh and forbidding.

As adjectives the difference between dour and surly

is that dour is stern, harsh and forbidding while surly is (obsolete) lordly, arrogant, supercilious.

As an adverb surly is

(obsolete) in an arrogant or supercilious manner.

As adjectives the difference between deleterious and dour

is that deleterious is harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way (as for example deleterious'' effects, ''deleterious to health) while dour is stern, harsh and forbidding.