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dolorous Definition

do·lor·ous (dō′lər əs, däl′ər-)

adjective

  1. very sorrowful or sad; mournful
  2. Archaic painful

Etymology: OFr dolerous < LL dolorosus: see dolor

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dolorous Synonyms

dolorous

modif.

mournful, sorrowful, distressed, grievous; see sad 1, 2.

dolorous Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • too: We object also to the catastrophe as too dolorous, and as absolutely improbable.
dolorous Quotes

There lived a singer in France of old By the tideless dolorous midland sea. In a land of sand and ruin and gold There shone one woman, and none but she.

—Swinburne, Algernon Charles

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