DOLOROUSLY Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words

dolorously

adverb

as in bitterly

with feelings of bitterness or grief another country singer wailing dolorously about the faithless woman who done him wrong

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Landowners and business owners in the Big Bend region, environmentalists and others who’ve opposed the construction project were bitterly disappointed with the court’s decision.

— Rebecca Santana, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2026
By the time September winds down, Hester is on a timetable all her own, out of synch with her family, detached from its cares, paradoxically and bitterly free.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of bitterly

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Without these vital exchanges informing his state of mind, his volatility seems arbitrary (though sadly, neither version manages to make his comedic quips really land).

— Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2026
Comms executive Shari Rosenblum is departing 20th Television and 20th Television Animation after nearly three decades, Variety has sadly learned.

— Joe Otterson, Variety, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of sadly

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Fra Fee, as Joe, has a slightly harder task, since his role is almost entirely reactive; while Ethan bangs on mournfully about, effectively, the dangers of shagging your brother’s wife — well, who would have thought?

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2026
Mayfield watched mournfully in his kitchen while the rest of the family sat in the living room with the big screen next to a Christmas tree.

— John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026

Definition of mournfully

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Gray has always displayed a probing visual style, boldly confrontational yet painfully tender.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026
Reich played Boss Gibbons, the painfully Gen-Z co-worker of Megan Stalter’s expat Jessica, in his first-ever screen acting role.

— Ellise Shafer, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of painfully

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