as in gruffness
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Recent Examples of dourness
With its single Xenomorph antagonist, its cramped environment, and its fairly helpless cast of characters, a video-game adaptation sounds like an exercise in pure dourness.
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Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
But the music constantly resists her dourness.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
But the music constantly resists her dourness.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dourness
Noun
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Mackay and Turner are both excellent, two movie stars who seem totally game to be asked to move with real gruffness.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Related: ‘Neglected diseases’ are anything but neglected by the billion-plus people living with them One possible reason for this obduracy is that noma begins as a dental disease, and dental diseases have long been underappreciated global health concerns.—
John Button,
STAT,
16 Dec. 2023
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Perhaps the greatest testament to Morocco’s obduracy came late in normal time, when Rodri — a central midfielder being deployed as a central defender — strode forward and shot, more in hope than in expectation, from 35 yards.—
Rory Smith,
New York Times,
6 Dec. 2022
Noun
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Convincing Laurel and Mickey not to have children, refusing to let Mickey take time to recover his health, his callousness and cruelty toward them — it all added up and pushed her over the edge.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
13 Oct. 2025
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Bianco’s callousness is appalling.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Dourness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dourness. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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