lour

Meanings

Plural: lours

Verb

set lower
make lower or quieter
look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
To frown; to look sullen.
To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; of the sky: to be covered with dark and threatening clouds; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest.

Noun

A frown, a scowl; an angry or sullen look.
Of the sky, the weather, etc.: a dark, gloomy, and threatening appearance.

Origin / Etymology

The verb is derived from Middle English louren, lour, loure (“to frown or scowl; to be dark or overcast; to droop, fade, wither; to lurk, skulk”), probably from Old English *lūran, *lūrian, from Proto-Germanic *lūraną (“to lie in wait, lurk”).
The English word is cognate with Danish lure (“to lie in ambush; to take a nap”), Middle Dutch loeren (modern Dutch loeren (“to lurk, spy on”)), Middle Low German lûren (“to lie in ambush”), German Low German luren (“to lurk”), Middle High German lūren (“to lie in ambush”) (modern German lauern (“to lie in ambush; to lurk”)), Icelandic lúra (“to take a nap”), Saterland Frisian luurje (“to lie in wait”), West Frisian loere (“to lurk”), and Swedish lura (“to lie in ambush; to deceive, fool, trick; to lure; to take a nap”); and is related to lurk.
The noun is derived from the verb.

Synonyms

frown, gloom, gloominess, glower, lower, scowl, turn down

Scrabble Score: 4

lour is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
lour is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
lour is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

lour is a valid Words With Friends word