Dour and Tenacious

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Dour

Dour adjective - Stubbornly unyielding.
Usage example: dour determination
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Tenacious is a synonym for dour. In some cases you can use "Tenacious" instead an adjective "Dour".
Nearby Word: dourly

Tenacious

Tenacious adjective - Stubbornly unyielding.
Usage example: "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot
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Dour is a synonym for tenacious. Sometimes you can use "Dour" instead an adjective "Tenacious".
Nearby Words: tenacity, tenaciously

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  • Cut Himself Shaving Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny features a dour waitress played by Amy Poehler who, when asked how she received her black eye, she hesitates and mumbles, "Burned myself with a curling iron." In the deleted scenes, she gives various other lame excuses.
    Source: Cut Himself Shaving
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