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 Übersetzung für 'dour' von Englisch nach Deutsch
ADJ   dour | dourer / more dour | dourest / most dour
SYNO dark | dogged | dour | ...
dour {adj}mürrisch
827
dour {adj} [unbending]hartnäckig [unnachgiebig, stur]
232
dour {adj}verdrießlich
110
dour {adj} [unbending]unnachgiebig [stur]
99
dour {adj} [struggle]hart
60
agr.
dour {adj} [Scot.] [of land] [barren, infertile]
unfruchtbar [Land]
51
to be dour and criticalgranteln [südd.] [mürrisch sein]
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Anwendungsbeispiele Englisch
  • The initial final was a dour affair in which Liverpool had more chances but Everton saw what seemed a clear-cut penalty claim waved away by the referee when Alan Hansen used his hand to steer Adrian Heath's goal-bound shot off the Liverpool goal line.
  • He was known (sarcastically) as "Happy" or "Smiler" because he was famed for his dour demeanour.
  • Freud's dour conclusion was that "In every age immorality has found no less support in religion than morality has".
  • In the area of Ogo dour at the Northern reaches of Predannack, dunite, a highly depleted peridotite derivative which consists of almost pure olivine, is found.
  • He began to develop a reputation as a dour defender, with an exceptional ability to not only spoil opponents marking attempts, but take high marks himself.

  • Bourne was "constitutionally shy, somewhat dour, yet – strange union of opposites – courageous and doggedly persistent".
  • Also in 2005 she performed at the "Youssou N'dour and Friends" concert in Geneva.
  • In 1991, Mbaye launched Dakar Science Biennale and was president of "Youth Network For Development", a foundation created by Youssou N'Dour.
  • A reviewer for the "New York Times" described the character as a "dour squirrel" prone to tantrums.
  • 'Duro' has also been derived from 'dubro', the British word for water ('dour' or 'dwr'), and the second element has been interpreted as 'riges', that is 'kings'.

  • The next match against Hull City was a dour 0–0 draw with both teams struggling to create clear goal scoring opportunities.
  • Lady Aberlin, dressed as a lion, discovers the dour Prince Tuesday, who is upset that his robe disrupts his guitar lessons.
  • "Mr. Squander": A dour Englishman who gambles compulsively.
  • In its retrospective review, AllMusic wrote that, with the album, "Perry and Gerrard created a striking, dour landmark in early-'80s atmospherics".
  • Phát was regarded as a dour military tactician who persisted with his pre-devised battleplan once hostilities had commenced, refusing to change tactics even when difficulties arose.

  • While the film was originally written to end on the dour note of the mother euthanizing her son, director Zhang Yuan eventually opted for a more open-ended and ambiguous conclusion.
  • From 1984, Gillis worked on career development with international musicians including Youssou N'dour from Senegal ("The Guide (Wommat)"), Yomo Toro from Puerto Rico; Salif Keita form Mali, and Carlinhos Brown from Brazil.
  • Ogo-dour Cove is a small cove located at [...]. Its name comes from the Cornish words 'ogo' meaning a 'cave' and 'dour' meaning 'water' its name is literally "Cave-Water Cove" in Cornish.
  • This ending received a large amount of feedback; in which one side praised it for its groundbreaking, unorthodox dour ending in a comedy drama, in contrast to TVB's usual endings (also known as the "happily-ever-after-plus" ending.) The other side criticized it for the unexpectedly dour ending in a comedy drama, which was too sharp of a contrast to the lightness of the series.
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