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dourest

dourest is the superlative form of dour.

Meaning of dour

Adjective

dour (comparative dourer or more dour, superlative dourest or most dour)

  1. Stern, harsh and forbidding.
    • The principal reason is that, in competition with modern road vehicles running over motorways, B.R. has a dour struggle to match the performance of its rivals cost-wise.1961 October, “Editorial: The importance of the "Roadrailer"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 577
  2. Unyielding and obstinate.
    Synonyms:
    stubborn
  3. Expressing gloom or melancholy.

Questions about dourest

What is dourest the superlative form of?
Dourest is the superlative form of dour.

Words near dourest in the dictionary

  1. doura
  2. dourada
  3. douradas
  4. dourah
  5. dourer
  6. dourest
  7. Dourges
  8. dourine
  9. dourly
  10. dourness
  11. dournesses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dourest (page history and authors); dour (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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