Noun:

ଦୁ our ଖ,

dourness's Usage Examples:

the Year with Wisden contrasting the dourness of his batting with the liveliness of his fielding in the covers.

stories of the novel are "entirely plausible" but criticises for "remarkable dourness of its prose".

Year with Wisden contrasting the dourness of his batting with the liveliness of his fielding in the covers.

end of the century was profoundly marked by the civil wars: pessimism, dourness and a call for retreat from the world predominate (as in Jean de Sponde).

Revolution as a "purifying storm", Gippius was appalled by the "suffocating dourness" of the whole thing, seeing it as one huge monstrosity "leaving one with.

However, he did not enjoy his time at Ewood Park, and later wrote that "the dourness of the club matched that of the town.

discouraging all but religious leisure activities, it fostered a certain dourness, which was for a long time considered an Icelandic stereotype.

While Blok (the man whom she famously refused her hand in 1918) saw the Revolution as a 'purifying storm', Gippius was appalled by the 'suffocating dourness' of the whole thing, seeing it as one huge monstrosity leaving one with just one wish: to go blind and deaf.

quiver" was an "added interest" to the song, which helped "break-up bouts of dourness".

Club gave it a C- rating, remarking on the "unrelenting dourness.

unusual combination of cheerful fellowship with, perhaps, a hint of Scottish dourness.

describes the song"s narrative as "smug anti-elitism outdone only by the dourness of John"s "Glass Onion" and "Sexy Sadie"".

In contrast to the dourness of grunge, Britpop was defined by "youthful exuberance and desire for recognition".