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doleful - 4 dictionary results

dole⋅ful

[dohl-fuhl]
–adjective
sorrowful; mournful; melancholy: a doleful look on her face.

Origin:
1225–75; ME dol-ful. See dole 2 , -ful


dole⋅ful⋅ly, adverb
dole⋅ful⋅ness, noun
dole·ful   (dōl'fəl)   
adj.  
  1. Filled with or expressing grief; mournful. See Synonyms at sad.
  2. Causing grief: a doleful loss.
dole'ful·ly adv., dole'ful·ness n.

Doleful

Dole"ful\, a. Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal.

With screwed face and doleful whine. --South.

Regions of sorrow, doleful shades. --Milton.

Syn: Piteous; rueful; sorrowful; woeful; melancholy; sad gloomy; dismal; dolorous; woe-begone. - Dole"ful*ly, adv. -- Dole"ful*ness, n.
Language Translation for : doleful
Spanish: triste,
German: traurig,
Japanese: 悲しげな

doleful 
c.1275, from O.Fr. doel, from L.L. dolus "grief," from L. dolere "suffer, grieve."
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