Definition of "dourness" [dourness]

• The characteristic of being dour; gloominess; sternness. (noun)

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• "Though he has some of the dour qualities of a stereotypical literary figure of that occupation, such dourness is shot through and almost eradicated by a number of complexities and redemptive qualities."
• "And pretty much in sync with why I think Gordon Brown's intensity and dourness is less of a negative and more of a positive in real terms."
• "The beauty of the scene, the pleasant talk, the daffodils on the green isle among the Celtic graves, compensate for a certain "dourness" among the fishes of Loch Awe."