Related Words for doleful

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mournful
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Adjective, Adjective
sad
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Adjective, Adjective
lugubrious
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Adjective
sorrowful
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Adjective
piteous
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Adjective
forlorn
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Adjective
gloomy
/x
Adjective
somber
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Adjective
grim
/
Adjective
melancholy
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Noun
solemn
/x
Adjective
sombre
/x
Adjective
glum
/
Noun
plaintive
/x
Adjective
wistful
/x
Adjective
reproachful
x/x
Adjective
rueful
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Adjective
cheerless
/x
Adjective
portentous
x/x
Adjective
tremulous
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Adjective
ghastly
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Adjective
morose
x/
Adjective
wretched
/x
Adjective
dreadful
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Adjective
sullen
/x
Adjective
quizzical
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Adjective
disconsolate
xxxx
Adjective
anguished
/x
Adjective
pitiable
/xxx
Adjective
melancholic
xx/x
Adjective
pensive
/x
Adjective
baleful
/x
Adjective
ominous
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Adjective
sonorous
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Adjective
despairing
x/x
Noun
melodious
x/xx
Adjective
lamentable
x/xx
Adjective
dour
/x
Noun
pitiless
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Adjective
pitiful
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Adjective
joyous
/x
Adjective
frightful
/x
Adjective
downbeat
x/
Noun
dismal
/x
Adjective
sardonic
x/x
Adjective
sepulchral
xxx
Adjective
elegiac
/xxx
Noun
downcast
/x
Adjective
woeful
/x
Adjective
bleak
/
Adjective
scornful
/x
Adjective
fatalistic
xx/x
Adjective
pitying
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Noun
lascivious
x/xx
Adjective
tuneful
/x
Adjective
exultant
x/x
Adjective
clamorous
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Adjective
triumphant
x/x
Adjective
poignant
/x
Adjective
droll
/
Adjective
tragic
/x
Adjective
dirge
/
Noun
lilting
/x
Noun
dreary
/x
Adjective
cheery
/x
Adjective
querulous
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Adjective
eerie
/x
Noun
fatuous
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Adjective
tearful
/x
Adjective
melodramatic
xxx/x
Adjective
lament
x/
Noun
dejected
x/x
Adjective
loathsome
/x
Adjective
fretful
/x
Adjective
morbid
/x
Adjective
stoical
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Adjective
cheerful
/x
Adjective
languid
/x
Adjective
lamentations
xx/x
Noun
grisly
/x
Adjective
joyful
/x
Adjective
lusty
/x
Adjective
moody
/x
Name
gray
/
Noun
maudlin
/x
Noun
depressive
x/x
Adjective
surly
/x
Adjective
remorseful
x/x
Adjective
weepy
/x
Adjective
watery
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Noun
soulful
/x
Adjective
teary
/x
Adjective
sober
/x
Adjective
funereal
x/xx
Adjective
leaden
/x
Adjective
grievous
/x
Adjective
hums
/
Verb
knell
/
Noun
dumps
/
Noun
ditty
/x
Noun
tolling
/x
Noun
plaint
/
Noun
howl
/
Noun
wail
/
Noun
shrieks
/
Noun
litany
/xx
Noun
forebodings
x/x
Noun
sighs
/
Noun
cries
/
Noun
yells
/
Noun
groans
/
Noun
tidings
/x
Noun
anticipations
xxx/x
Noun
visage
/x
Noun
refrain
x/
Noun
prophecies
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Noun
whine
/
Noun
shake
/
Noun
chant
/
Noun
countenance
/xx
Noun
hymn
/
Noun
tune
/
Noun
ballad
/x
Noun
plight
/
Noun
advanced
x/
Adjective
avail
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
be
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
buy
/
Verb, Noun
can
/
Verb, Noun
deal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
depart
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Verb, Noun
disappearing
xx/x
Noun
do
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
docs
/
Noun
feel
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
free
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hath
/
Verb
heartrending
//x
Adjective
improving
x/x
Adjective
inconsistent
xx/x
Adjective
know
/
Verb, Noun
lie
/
Verb, Noun
makes
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Verb
pathetic
x/x
Adjective
rending
/x
Noun
thrilling
/x
Noun, Adjective
weird
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
die
/
Verb, Noun
shirtless
/x
Adjective
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb