dolorous

do·lor·ous

adjective \ˈdō-lə-rəs also ˈdä-\

Definition of DOLOROUS

: causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief

— do·lor·ous·ly adverb

— do·lor·ous·ness noun

Examples of DOLOROUS

1. <dolorous ballads of death and regret>

First Known Use of DOLOROUS

15th century

Related to DOLOROUS

Synonyms

aching, agonized, anguished, bemoaning, bewailing, bitter, deploring, doleful, dolesome, mournful, funeral, grieving, heartbroken, lamentable, lugubrious, plaintive, plangent, regretful, rueful, sorrowful, sorry, wailing, weeping, woeful

Related Words

dirgelike, elegiac (also elegiacal), melancholy; dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, dispirited, downcast, downhearted, heartsick, heartsore, inconsolable, tearful; brokenhearted, careworn, crestfallen, downcast, downhearted, forlorn, gloomy, glum, low-spirited, miserable, sad, triste, unhappy, woebegone; bawling, crying, groaning, howling, keening, moaning, yammering; bleeding, suffering; black, bleak, cheerless, comfortless, dark, darkening, desolate, dismal, dreary, funereal, gloomy, glum, gray (also grey), joyless, low, miserable, moody, morbid, morose, pathetic, pessimistic, piteous, saturnine, somber (or sombre), sullen, wretched

Near Antonyms

delighted, exulting, glorying, happy, joyful, rejoicing, triumphant; bright, cheerful, cheering, cheery; laughing, smiling; blissful, blithe, blithesome, buoyant, jocund, jolly, joyous, lighthearted, merry, mirthful; encouraging, hopeful, optimistic; ecstatic, elated, euphoric, exhilarated, giddy, heady, rapturous, rhapsodic (also rhapsodical)

do·lor·ous

adjective \ˈdō-lə-rəs, ˈdäl-ə-\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of DOLOROUS

1

: causing, characterized by, or affected with physical pain <dolorous sensations>

2

: causing, marked by, or expressive of misery or grief

—do·lor·ous·ly adverb