Plural of dourness; multiple instances or types of dour qualities or dispositions.
Standard English plural formed by adding -es to dourness, used when discussing various manifestations of dour characteristics.
Using 'dournesses' in plural is rare but poetic—it suggests different shades of gloominess, like how there are many kinds of sadness.
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