dolor

do·lor

noun \ˈdō-lər also ˈdä-\

Definition of DOLOR

: mental suffering or anguish : grief

Examples of DOLOR

1. <her sad poems grew out of a deep dolor that lasted for months>

Origin of DOLOR

Middle English dolour, from Anglo-French, from Latin dolor pain, grief, from dolēre to feel pain, grieve

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to DOLOR

Synonyms

affliction, anguish, dolefulness, sorrow, grief, heartache, heartbreak, sorriness, woe

Antonyms

blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, delight, ecstasy, elatedness, elation, euphoria, exhilaration, exuberance, exultation, felicity, gladness, gladsomeness, glee, gleefulness, happiness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, jubilation, pleasure, rapture, rapturousness

Related Words

agony, distress, pain, suffering, torment; blue devils, blues, dejection, depression, desolateness, desolation, despair, despondence, despondency, disconsolateness, dispiritedness, distress, doldrums, downheartedness, dreariness, dumps, forlornness, gloom, gloominess, glumness, heartsickness, joylessness, melancholy, miserableness, misery, mopes, oppression, sorrowfulness, unhappiness, woefulness, wretchedness; contrition, guilt, regret, remorse, rue, self-reproach, shame; melancholia, self-pity

Near Antonyms

gaiety (also gayety), gayness, humor, jollity, joviality, lightheartedness, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, mirthfulness; hopefulness, optimism, sunniness; enjoyment; content, contentedness, contentment

Rhymes with DOLOR

bowler, molar, polar, poler, poller, roller, solar, stroller, troller

do·lor

noun    (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of DOLOR

1

obsolete : physical pain—used in old medicine as one of five cardinal symptoms of inflammation

2

: mental suffering or anguish

Variants of DOLOR

do·lor or chiefly British do·lour \ˈdō-lər, ˈdäl-ər\ (audio pronunciation) (audio pronunciation)