Synonyms & related words for dour

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of dour — including glum, morose, grim, glowering, sullen, forbidding. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to dour

Explore words related to dour — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include dourness, dourly, pertinacious, farouche, dogged, somber, sombrous, cheerlessly. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for dour

Common synonyms for dour include glum, morose, grim, glowering, sullen, forbidding, saturnine, unyielding — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does dour come from?

The word dour breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root dour-, from Latin durus (“hard”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.