doleful
sorrowful; mournful; melancholy: a doleful look on her face.
Origin of doleful
1Other words from doleful
- dole·ful·ly, adverb
- dole·ful·ness, noun
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How to use doleful in a sentence
"Our people have been wiped away," Running Crow cried, dolefully, as he rode his frightened pony into the camp.
Three Sioux Scouts | Elmer Russell Gregor"My flute that cost me twenty-five pounds only a week since," he wailed dolefully.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks | Bracebridge Hemyng"This is a pretty go," said Harry Girdwood, dolefully, as he looked round him.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks | Bracebridge HemyngDolefully they wished that a sober Lancashire would come to Llanyglo; but—a Lancashire of some sort they must have.
Mushroom Town | Oliver Onions"Not while they have possession of the boys," Canfield declared, dolefully.
The Call of the Beaver Patrol | V. T. Sherman
British Dictionary definitions for doleful
/ (ˈdəʊlfʊl) /
dreary; mournful: Archaic word: dolesome (ˈdəʊlsəm)
Derived forms of doleful
- dolefully, adverb
- dolefulness, noun
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