'Dolorous' definitions:
Definition of 'dolorous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Definition of 'Dolorous'
From: GCIDE
- Dolorous \Dol"or*ous\, a. [L. dolorosus, from dolor: cf. F. douloureux. See Dolor.]
- 1. Full of grief; sad; sorrowful; doleful; dismal; as, a dolorous object; dolorous discourses. [1913 Webster]
- You take me in too dolorous a sense; I spake to you for your comfort. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Occasioning pain or grief; painful. [1913 Webster]
- Their dispatch is quick, and less dolorous than the paw of the bear or teeth of the lion. --Dr. H. More. -- {Dol"or*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Dol"or*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dolorous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affecting,
- afflicted,
- afflictive,
- aggrieved,
- anguished,
- bitter,
- bleak,
- calamitous,
- careworn,
- cheerless,
- comfortless,
- deplorable,
- depressing,
- depressive,
- dire,
- discomforting,
- dismal,
- dismaying,
- distressful,
- distressing,
- doleful,
- dolorific,
- dolorogenic,
- dreary,
- dumb with grief,
- grief-stricken,
- griefful,
- grieved,
- grievous,
- heartbreaking,
- in grief,
- joyless,
- lamentable,
- lugubrious,
- miserable,
- mournful,
- moving,
- painful,
- pathetic,
- piteous,
- pitiable,
- plaintive,
- plangent,
- plunged in grief,
- poignant,
- regrettable,
- rueful,
- ruthful,
- sad,
- saddening,
- sharp,
- sore,
- sorrowed,
- sorrowful,
- sorrowing,
- tearful,
- touching,
- uncomfortable,
- woebegone,
- woeful,
- wretched