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Synonyms & Antonyms of dolefulness
1
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 for dolefulness
- 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
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2
deep sadness especially for the loss of someone or something loved
- a period of dolefulness that seemed to last forever for the widower
Synonyms for dolefulness
- affliction,
- anguish,
- dolor,
- grief,
- heartache,
- heartbreak,
- sorriness,
- sorrow,
- woe
Words Related to dolefulness
- 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
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