Words that rhyme with dour

• are 0
  n 1: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters [syn: are, ar]
• boor 0
  n 1: a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement [syn: peasant, barbarian, boor, churl, Goth, tyke, tike]
• bower 0
  n 1: a framework that supports climbing plants; "the arbor provided a shady resting place in the park" [syn: arbor, arbour, bower, pergola] v 1: enclose in a bower [syn: embower, bower]
• cower 0
  v 1: crouch or curl up; "They huddled outside in the rain" [syn: huddle, cower] 2: show submission or fear [syn: fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel]
• cure 0
  n 1: a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain [syn: remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic] v 1: provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to" [syn: bring around, cure, heal] 2: prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve; "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay" 3: make (substances) hard and improve their usability; "cure resin"; "cure cement"; "cure soap" 4: be or become preserved; "the apricots cure in the sun"
• devour 0
  v 1: destroy completely; "Fire had devoured our home" 2: enjoy avidly; "She devoured his novels" 3: eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal" [syn: devour, down, consume, go through] 4: eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches" [syn: devour, guttle, raven, pig]
• dower 0
  n 1: money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage [syn: dowry, dowery, dower, portion] 2: a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband v 1: furnish with an endowment; "When she got married, she got dowered" [syn: endow, dower]
• empower 0
  v 1: give or delegate power or authority to; "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers" [syn: empower, authorise, authorize] 2: give qualities or abilities to [syn: endow, indue, gift, empower, invest, endue]
• flour 0
  n 1: fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain v 1: cover with flour; "flour fish or meat before frying it" 2: convert grain into flour
• flower 0
  n 1: a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms 2: reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts [syn: flower, bloom, blossom] 3: the period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn: flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush] v 1: produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed" [syn: bloom, blossom, flower]
• gaur 0
  n 1: wild ox of mountainous areas of eastern India [syn: gaur, Bibos gaurus]
• glower 0
  n 1: an angry stare [syn: glare, glower] v 1: look at with a fixed gaze; "The girl glared at the man who tried to make a pass at her" [syn: glower, glare] 2: look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval [syn: frown, glower, lour, lower]
• hour 0
  n 1: a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day; "the job will take more than an hour" [syn: hour, hr, 60 minutes] 2: clock time; "the hour is getting late" [syn: hour, time of day] 3: a special and memorable period; "it was their finest hour" 4: distance measured by the time taken to cover it; "we live an hour from the airport"; "its just 10 minutes away" [syn: hour, minute]
• lower 0
  n 1: the lower of two berths [syn: lower berth, lower] v 1: move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf" [syn: lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down] [ant: bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise] 2: set lower; "lower a rating"; "lower expectations" [syn: lower, lour] 3: make lower or quieter; "turn down the volume of a radio" [syn: turn down, lower, lour] 4: cause to drop or sink; "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir" [syn: lower, depress] 5: look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval [syn: frown, glower, lour, lower]
• lure 0
  n 1: qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward [syn: lure, enticement, come-on] 2: anything that serves as an enticement [syn: bait, come- on, hook, lure, sweetener] 3: something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed [syn: bait, decoy, lure] v 1: provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation" [syn: entice, lure, tempt]
• moor 0
  n 1: one of the Muslim people of north Africa; of mixed Arab and Berber descent; converted to Islam in the 8th century; conqueror of Spain in the 8th century 2: open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss [syn: moor, moorland] v 1: secure in or as if in a berth or dock; "tie up the boat" [syn: moor, berth, tie up] 2: come into or dock at a wharf; "the big ship wharfed in the evening" [syn: moor, berth, wharf] 3: secure with cables or ropes; "moor the boat"
• overpower 0
  v 1: overcome by superior force [syn: overpower, overmaster, overwhelm] 2: overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli [syn: overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake]
• poor 0
  adj 1: deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life" [syn: hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched] 2: having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret" [ant: rich] 3: characterized by or indicating poverty; "the country had a poor economy"; "they lived in the poor section of town" [ant: rich] 4: lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances; "a poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food poor in nutritive value" [ant: rich] 5: not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience" [syn: inadequate, poor, short] 6: unsatisfactory; "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale"; "expectations were poor" n 1: people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group); "the urban poor need assistance" [syn: poor people, poor] [ant: rich, rich people]
• power 0
  n 1: possession of controlling influence; "the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"; "his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade" [syn: power, powerfulness] [ant: impotence, impotency, powerlessness] 2: (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second) 3: possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination" [syn: ability, power] [ant: inability] 4: (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power; "being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage"; "during his first year in office"; "during his first year in power"; "the power of the president" [syn: office, power] 5: one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority; "the mysterious presence of an evil power"; "may the force be with you"; "the forces of evil" [syn: power, force] 6: a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself [syn: exponent, power, index] 7: physical strength [syn: might, mightiness, power] 8: a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world [syn: world power, major power, great power, power, superpower] 9: a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron" [syn: baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon] v 1: supply the force or power for the functioning of; "The gasoline powers the engines"
• pure 0
  adj 1: free of extraneous elements of any kind; "pure air and water"; "pure gold"; "pure primary colors"; "the violin's pure and lovely song"; "pure tones"; "pure oxygen" [ant: impure] 2: without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" [syn: arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulterated] 3: (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black [syn: saturated, pure] [ant: unsaturated] 4: free from discordant qualities 5: concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied; "pure science" 6: (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless; "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby"- Sylvia Plath; "pure as the driven snow" [ant: impure] 7: in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal" [syn: pure, vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous]
• scour 0
  n 1: a place that is scoured (especially by running water) v 1: examine minutely; "The police scoured the country for the fugitive" 2: clean with hard rubbing; "She scrubbed his back" [syn: scrub, scour] 3: rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops" [syn: scour, abrade] 4: rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank" [syn: flush, scour, purge]
• shower 0
  n 1: a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you; "they installed a shower in the bathroom" 2: washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle; "he took a shower after the game" [syn: shower, shower bath] 3: a brief period of precipitation; "the game was interrupted by a brief shower" [syn: shower, rain shower] 4: a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower; "a little shower of rose petals"; "a sudden cascade of sparks" [syn: shower, cascade] 5: someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see [syn: exhibitor, exhibitioner, shower] 6: a party of friends assembled to present gifts (usually of a specified kind) to a person; "her friends organized a baby shower for her when she was expecting" v 1: expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was showered with praise" [syn: lavish, shower] 2: spray or sprinkle with; "The guests showered rice on the couple" 3: take a shower; wash one's body in the shower; "You should shower after vigorous exercise" 4: rain abundantly; "Meteors showered down over half of Australia" [syn: shower, shower down] 5: provide abundantly with; "He showered her with presents"
• sour 0
  adj 1: smelling of fermentation or staleness [syn: sour, rancid] 2: having a sharp biting taste [ant: sweet] 3: one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons 4: in an unpalatable state; "sour milk" [syn: off, sour, turned] 5: inaccurate in pitch; "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key" [syn: false, off-key, sour] 6: showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd" [syn: dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen] n 1: a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar 2: the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth [syn: sour, sourness, tartness] 3: the property of being acidic [syn: sourness, sour, acidity] v 1: go sour or spoil; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out" [syn: sour, turn, ferment, work] 2: make sour or more sour [syn: sour, acidify, acidulate, acetify] [ant: dulcify, dulcorate, edulcorate, sweeten]
• spoor 0
  n 1: the trail left by a person or an animal; what the hunter follows in pursuing game; "the hounds followed the fox's spoor"
• superpower 0
  n 1: a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world [syn: world power, major power, great power, power, superpower]
• sure 0
  adv 1: definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely'); "the results are surely encouraging"; "she certainly is a hard worker"; "it's going to be a good day for sure"; "they are coming, for certain"; "they thought he had been killed sure enough"; "he'll win sure as shooting"; "they sure smell good"; "sure he'll come" [syn: surely, certainly, sure, for sure, for certain, sure enough, sure as shooting] adj 1: having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured; "felt certain of success"; "was sure (or certain) she had seen it"; "was very sure in his beliefs"; "sure of her friends" [syn: certain(p), sure] [ant: incertain, uncertain, unsure] 2: exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance; "be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through"; "be sure to lock the doors" [syn: certain, sure] 3: certain to occur; destined or inevitable; "he was certain to fail"; "his fate is certain"; "In this life nothing is certain but death and taxes"- Benjamin Franklin; "he faced certain death"; "sudden but sure regret"; "he is sure to win" [syn: certain, sure] [ant: uncertain] 4: physically secure or dependable; "a sure footing"; "was on sure ground" 5: reliable in operation or effect; "a quick and certain remedy"; "a sure way to distinguish the two"; "wood dust is a sure sign of termites" [syn: certain, sure] 6: (of persons) worthy of trust or confidence; "a sure (or trusted) friend" [syn: sure, trusted] 7: infallible or unfailing; "a sure (or true) sign of one's commitment" 8: certain not to fail; "a sure hand on the throttle" 9: impossible to doubt or dispute; "indisputable (or sure) proof" [syn: indisputable, sure]
• tour 0
  n 1: a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area; "they took an extended tour of Europe"; "we took a quick circuit of the park"; "a ten-day coach circuit of the island" [syn: tour, circuit] 2: a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work" [syn: go, spell, tour, turn] 3: a period of time spent in military service [syn: enlistment, hitch, term of enlistment, tour of duty, duty tour, tour] v 1: make a tour of a certain place; "We toured the Provence this summer"
• tours 0
  n 1: an industrial city in western France on the Loire River
• tower 0
  n 1: a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building 2: anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower; "the test tube held a column of white powder"; "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite" [syn: column, tower, pillar] 3: a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships [syn: tugboat, tug, towboat, tower] v 1: appear very large or occupy a commanding position; "The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"; "Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall" [syn: loom, tower, predominate, hulk]
• water tower 0
  n 1: a large reservoir for water
• boer 0
  n 1: a white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans [syn: Afrikaner, Afrikander, Boer]
• plower 0
  n 1: a man who plows [syn: plowman, ploughman, plower]
• moore 0
  n 1: United States composer of works noted for their use of the American vernacular (1893-1969) [syn: Moore, Douglas Moore] 2: English actor and comedian who appeared on television and in films (born in 1935) [syn: Moore, Dudley Moore, Dudley Stuart John Moore] 3: English philosopher (1873-1958) [syn: Moore, G. E. Moore, George Edward Moore] 4: Irish poet who wrote nostalgic and patriotic verse (1779-1852) [syn: Moore, Thomas Moore] 5: United States poet noted for irony and wit (1887-1872) [syn: Moore, Marianne Moore, Marianne Craig Moore] 6: British sculptor whose works are monumental organic forms (1898-1986) [syn: Moore, Henry Moore, Henry Spencer Moore]
• muir 0
  n 1: United States naturalist (born in England) who advocated the creation of national parks (1838-1914) [syn: Muir, John Muir]
• ruhr 0
  n 1: a tributary of the Rhine [syn: Ruhr, Ruhr River] 2: a major industrial and coal mining region in the valley of the Ruhr river in northwestern Germany [syn: Ruhr, Ruhr Valley]
• mph 0
  n 1: the ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours) [syn: miles per hour, mph] 2: a speedometer reading for the momentary rate of travel [syn: miles per hour, mph]
• tyr 0
  n 1: (Norse mythology) god of war and strife and son of Odin; identified with Anglo-Saxon Tiu [syn: Tyr, Tyrr]
• lour 0
  v 1: set lower; "lower a rating"; "lower expectations" [syn: lower, lour] 2: make lower or quieter; "turn down the volume of a radio" [syn: turn down, lower, lour] 3: look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval [syn: frown, glower, lour, lower]
• our 0
• you're 0
• your 0
• baur 0
• pasque 0
• mure 0
• stour 0
• giaour 0
• auer 0
• brauer 0
• brougher 0
• brower 0
• clower 0
• grauer 0
• hauer 0
• dauer 0
• gauer 0
• gower 0
• bauer 0
• bougher 0
• ure 0
• blauer 0

See also dour definition and dour synonyms