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Relentlessly severe, stern, or gloomy in manner or appearance

Unyielding and obstinate

Harsh, oppressive, and difficult to bear or endure

Suggestive of being angry or in a foul mood

Rude in a mean-spirited and surly way

Feeling or bringing no joy

Requiring effort or labor

(of a person) Reserved or uncommunicative in speech

Of a serious or important nature or consequence

Unfriendly and aggressive in nature

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Adjective

Relentlessly severe, stern, or gloomy in manner or appearance

uncommunicative

ill-humoured^UK

strictly business

with a long face

bound and determined

deep in thought

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“It was still cold and a little gloomy but there was a dour magnificence to it.”

Adjective

Unyielding and obstinate

dyed-in-the-wool

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Adjective

Harsh, oppressive, and difficult to bear or endure

unfavourable^UK

full of hardship

disadvantageous

overextravagant

pick-and-shovel

without vegetation

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Suggestive of being angry or in a foul mood

evil-intentioned

ill-humoured^UK

like a bear with a sore head

uncommunicative

on a short fuse

as cross as two sticks

down in the mouth

having a fit of the sulks

having got out of bed on the wrong side

hot under the collar

having got out of bed the wrong side

easily offended

easily frightened

easily agitated

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Adjective

Rude in a mean-spirited and surly way

ill-humoured^UK

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Adjective

Feeling or bringing no joy

down in the mouth

down in the dumps

in the doldrums

ill-humoured^UK

looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

given to looking on the black side

discombobulated

looking on the black side

having the blahs

having blue devils

singing the blues

poverty-stricken

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Requiring effort or labor

energy-consuming

easier said than done

like getting blood out of a stone

pick-and-shovel

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Adjective

(of a person) Reserved or uncommunicative in speech

uncommunicative

mum^UK

mom^US

incommunicative

undemonstrative

uncompanionable

at a loss for words

self-restrained

non-communicative

playing your cards close to your chest

self-controlled

bereft of speech

unable to get a word out

keeping people at arm's length

unconversational

not forthcoming

wouldn't say boo to a goose

zipped one's lips

have tight chops

unable to speak

self-sufficient

socially inhibited

zipping one's lips

buttoning one's lip

in the background

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Adjective

Of a serious or important nature or consequence

matter of life and death

of great import

of great importance

of significance

of great consequence

no laughing matter

earth-shattering

earthshattering

world-shattering

ground-breaking

hanging by thread

carrying a lot of weight

worthy of attention

a great deal of

a fair amount of

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Adjective

Unfriendly and aggressive in nature

confrontational

ill-humoured^UK

on a short fuse

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