sullen; gloomy

The captain's dour look depressed us all.

severe; stern

His dour criticism made us regret having undertaken the job.

Scot. (of land) barren; rocky, infertile, or otherwise difficult or impossible to cultivate.

adjective

bright , cheerful , cheery , happy

adjective

bleak , crabbed , dismal , dreary , forbidding , glum , hard , harsh , morose , saturnine , severe , sour , stringent , sulky , sullen , surly , ugly , unfriendly , austere , grim , stark , gloomy , moody , cheerless , inflexible , obstinate , stern , unyielding