Synonyms of dolefulness

dolefulness

noun

1

as in sadness

a state or spell of low spirits

with the resigned dolefulness of an athlete who knows his playing days are over, he cleared out his locker for the last time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sadness
• depression
• sorrowfulness
• melancholy
• mournfulness
• grief
• blue devils
• sorrow
• oppression
• anguish
• gloom
• blues
• disconsolateness
• unhappiness
• dispiritedness
• agony
• misery
• dumps
• dreariness
• heartsickness
• dejection
• joylessness
• desperation
• glumness
• gloominess
• despair
• pain
• forlornness
• mourning
• downheartedness
• miserableness
• mopes
• distress
• boredom
• doldrums
• desolation
• despondence
• despondency
• woefulness
• despond
• regret
• melancholia
• discouragement
• self-pity
• somberness
• dolor
• wretchedness
• woe
• hopelessness
• morosity
• disheartenment
• dismalness
• moodiness
• ennui
• tedium
• moroseness
• morbidness
• drear
• rue
• self-despair

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• joy
• happiness
• intoxication
• ecstasy
• heaven
• exuberance
• euphoria
• elation
• exultation
• bliss
• jubilation
• rapture
• exhilaration
• joyousness
• felicity
• joyfulness
• gladness
• elatedness
• mirth
• glee
• gayety
• gladsomeness
• humor
• rapturousness
• gaiety
• gayness
• optimism
• merriment
• joviality
• lightheartedness
• jollity
• cheerfulness
• content
• blissfulness
• hopefulness
• satisfaction
• mirthfulness
• contentment
• cheeriness
• cheer
• gleefulness
• gratification
• contentedness
• delight
• sunniness

2

as in sorrow

deep sadness especially for the loss of someone or something loved

a period of dolefulness that seemed to last forever for the widower

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sorrow
• grief
• anguish
• heartbreak
• agony
• sorrowfulness
• guilt
• heartache
• woe
• pain
• dolor
• distress
• suffering
• sorriness
• remorse
• depression
• melancholy
• shame
• despair
• misery
• regret
• affliction
• oppression
• torment
• woefulness
• unhappiness
• blues
• disconsolateness
• blue devils
• dispiritedness
• dreariness
• dejection
• wretchedness
• dumps
• gloom
• heartsickness
• joylessness
• downheartedness
• desolateness
• miserableness
• glumness
• gloominess
• contrition
• rue
• doldrums
• desolation
• despondency
• forlornness
• melancholia
• mopes
• self-reproach
• despondence
• self-pity

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• joy
• pleasure
• happiness
• ecstasy
• delight
• cheerfulness
• exuberance
• glee
• euphoria
• elation
• exultation
• bliss
• blessedness
• jubilation
• rapture
• exhilaration
• joyousness
• felicity
• joyfulness
• gladness
• cheeriness
• cheer
• elatedness
• mirth
• gayety
• gladsomeness
• humor
• rapturousness
• gaiety
• merrymaking
• gayness
• optimism
• merriment
• joviality
• lightheartedness
• jollity
• gleefulness
• blissfulness
• hopefulness
• enjoyment
• mirthfulness
• content
• contentment
• sunniness
• contentedness