dourness

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On this page you'll find 23 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dourness, such as: baldness, bareness, economy, plainness, primitiveness, and rusticism.

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How to use dourness in a sentence

  • His unhappy daughter Mary (who built the College Chapel) hangs near him, her full dourness and wretchedness in her face.

  • Theres a judgment in this; and, if theres power in the law o Scotland, Ill gar thee rue sic dourness.

    The Entail | John Galt
  • All grim and grey, and waste, and dourness and dool; like the army as it returns frae the fecht.

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