dour

The movie seems to recoil from its own hammering dramatics, with Bryce Dessner’s score toggling uneasily between jocular blues and dour, overcompensating strings.

That this sincere notion dovetails with an itch to vacate her dour, oppressive home only adds to her determination.

M, who uses they/them pronouns, is dour and defensive in their interactions with their parents.

In a moment of dour reflection, Coop admits that he targeted two of the people who live in his community because he didn’t think they deserved all their nice things.

Especially because it tees up the ending not as depressing or dour but almost kind of uplifting, which is odd for a show concerned with death and dying.