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dolorous - 5 dictionary results

dol⋅or⋅ous

[dol-er-uhs, doh-ler-]
–adjective
full of, expressing, or causing pain or sorrow; grievous; mournful: a dolorous melody; dolorous news.

Origin:
1375–1425; ME dolorous, dolerous < AF, OF; see dolor, -ous


dol⋅or⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
dol⋅or⋅ous⋅ness, noun
do·lor·ous   (dō'lər-əs, dŏl'ər-)   
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.

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.

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.

Main Entry: do·lor·ous
Pronunciation: 'dO-l&-r&s, 'däl-&-
Function: adjective
1 : causing, characterized by, oraffected with physical pain <dolorous sensations>
2 : causing, marked by, or expressive of misery or grief —do·lor·ous·ly adverb
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