Dourness
Melancholy and dourness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Melancholy" instead a noun "Dourness".
Melancholy
Melancholy noun - A state or spell of low spirits.
Dourness and melancholy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dourness" instead a noun "Melancholy".
Nearby Words: melancholic, melancholia
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sadness and dourness
- sadness and melancholy
- despondency and dourness
- despondency and melancholy
- sorrow and dourness
- sorrow and melancholy
- grief and dourness
- grief and melancholy
- gloom and dourness
- gloom and melancholy
- unhappiness and dourness
- unhappiness and melancholy
- misery and dourness
- misery and melancholy
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Melancholy and Dourness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dourness/melancholy
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