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dolorous
[ dol-er-uhs, doh-ler- ]
adjective
- full of, expressing, or causing pain or sorrow; grievous; mournful:
a dolorous melody; dolorous news.
dolorous
/ ˈdɒlərəs /
adjective
- causing or involving pain or sorrow
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Derived Forms
- ˈdolorously, adverb
- ˈdolorousness, noun
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Other Words From
- dolor·ous·ly adverb
- dolor·ous·ness noun
- un·dolor·ous adjective
- un·dolor·ous·ly adverb
- un·dolor·ous·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Obama himself shows the dolorous dangers of unalloyed ideology, making transformation a higher priority than repair.
For a time the Eastern Counties Railway had a somewhat dolorous career.
The farmer, half frightened by Anthony's dolorous shake of his head, exclaimed: "What's the matter, man?"
Meanwhile he utters the most dolorous cries, and vents his impotent rage upon the tree which serves him for a refuge.
She has come just in time to lull our dolorous philosophy, to show incarnate in woman the victim and the instrument of destiny.
This seems dolorous enough to me, whose only real satisfaction just now is some hope that I am not sowing the wind.
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