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Synonyms & Antonyms of dolesome
expressing or suggesting mourning
- the dolesome sound of a lone harmonica arising from the darkened encampment
Synonyms for dolesome
Words Related to dolesome
- dirgelike,
- elegiac
- (also elegiacal),
- melancholy
- dejected,
- depressed,
- despondent,
- disconsolate,
- dispirited,
- downcast,
- downhearted,
- heartsick,
- heartsore,
- inconsolable,
- tearful
Near Antonyms for dolesome
- ecstatic,
- elated,
- euphoric,
- exhilarated,
- giddy,
- heady,
- rapturous,
- rhapsodic
- (also rhapsodical)
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The first known use of dolesome was in 1533
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