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dolor

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of dolor

deep sadness especially for the loss of someone or something loved

her sad poems grew out of a deep dolor that lasted for months

Synonyms of dolor

affliction, anguish, dolefulness, grief, heartache, heartbreak, sorriness, sorrow, woe

Words Related to dolor

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

melancholia, self-pity

Near Antonyms of dolor

gaiety (also gayety), gayness, humor, jollity, joviality, lightheartedness, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, mirthfulness

hopefulness, optimism, sunniness

content, contentedness, contentment

Antonyms of dolor

blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, delight, ecstasy, elatedness, elation, euphoria, exhilaration, exuberance, exultation, felicity, gladness, gladsomeness, glee, gleefulness, happiness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, jubilation, pleasure, rapture, rapturousness

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