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| full of, expressing, or causing pain or sorrow; grievous; mournful: a dolorous melody; dolorous news. |
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adj. Marked by or exhibiting sorrow, grief, or pain. [Middle English, from Old French doloros, from Late Latin dolōrōsus, from dolor, dolor; see dolor.] do'lor·ous·ly adv., do'lor·ous·ness n. |
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dolorous
c.1400, "causing pain," from O.Fr. doloros, from L.L. dolorosus, from L. dolor "pain, grief." Sense of "causing grief" is from c.1450; that of "full of sorrow" is from 1513.
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| showing sorrow |
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Dolorous
Dol"or*ous\, a. [L. dolorosus, from dolor: cf. F. douloureux. See Dolor.]1. Full of grief; sad; sorrowful; doleful; dismal; as, a dolorous object; dolorous discourses. You take me in too dolorous a sense; I spake to you for your comfort. --Shak. 2. Occasioning pain or grief; painful. Their dispatch is quick, and less dolorous than the paw of the bear or teeth of the lion. --Dr. H. More. -- Dol"or*ous*ly, adv. -- Dol"or*ous*ness, n.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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