Thesaurus
dolefulness
Synonyms and Antonyms of dolefulness
1
a state or spell of low spirits
blue devils, blues, dejection, depression, desolation, despond, despondence, despondency, disconsolateness, dispiritedness, doldrums, downheartedness, dreariness, dumps, forlornness, gloom, gloominess, glumness, heartsickness, joylessness, melancholy, miserableness, mopes, mournfulness, oppression, sadness, sorrowfulness, unhappiness
2
deep sadness especially for the loss of someone or something loved
affliction, anguish, dolor, grief, heartache, heartbreak, sorriness, sorrow, woe
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
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