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dour

How many syllables in dour?

  1 syllable

Divide dour into syllables:   dour
Syllable stress:   dour
How to say dour:

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Synonyms for dour


1 syllable
  • bleak
  • grim
  • sour
  • dark
  • harsh
  • stern
2 syllables
  • dismal
  • gloomy
  • severe
3 syllables
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    What rhymes with dour

    1 syllable
    • boor
    • bourg
    • flour
    • lour
    • moor
    • our
    • Ruhr
    • sou
    • stour
    • tour
    • bour
    • cure
    • hour
    • lure
    • Muir
    • pure
    • scour
    • sour
    • sure
    • Tours
    2 syllables
    • bower
    • clowlike
    • devour
    • flower
    • Gower
    • power
    • shower
    • clower
    • cower
    • dower
    • glower
    • plower
    • scourage
    • tower
    3 syllables
    • empower
    • MPH
    4 syllables
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