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dolorous adjective [ ˈdɒl(ə)rəs ]

• feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress.
• "a dolorous and repetitive tale of atrocity"
Similar: mournful, woeful, doleful, sorrowful, sad, unhappy, depressed, dismal, gloomy, morose, melancholy, miserable, forlorn, wretched, woebegone, despondent, dejected, disconsolate, downcast, crestfallen, downhearted, heartbroken, heavy-hearted, despairing, desolate, grief-stricken, tearful, teary, lachrymose, blue, down, down in the mouth, down in the dumps, weepy, heartsick, heartsore,
Opposite: cheerful,
Origin: late Middle English: from Old French doleros, from late Latin dolorosus, from Latin dolor ‘pain, grief’.


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