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- Dictionarydolorous/ˈdɒl(ə)rəs/
adjective
- 1. feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress: literary "a dolorous and repetitive tale of atrocity"
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The meaning of DOLOROUS is causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief. How to use dolorous in a sentence. The Painful History of Dolorous
sad, or causing sadness or emotional suffering. Synonym. tearful. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Saddening, shocking and upsetting. affecting. agonizingly. arrogance. baleful. be cold comfort idiom. disrespect. distressfully. distressingly. hurtfully. impiously. impiousness. lacerating. teary. touchingly. tragically. traumatic.
adjective. literary us / ˈdoʊ.lɚ.əs / uk / ˈdɒl. ə r.əs / Add to word list. sad, or causing sadness or emotional suffering. Synonym. tearful. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Saddening, shocking and upsetting. affecting. agonizingly. arrogance. baleful. be cold comfort idiom. disrespect. distressfully. distressingly. hurtfully.
Dolorous definition: full of, expressing, or causing pain or sorrow; grievous; mournful. See examples of DOLOROUS used in a sentence.
Definition of dolorous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Dolorous is not a woman's name (that's Dolores), it is an adjective that describes someone showing great sadness. If your friend Dolores is crying about a lost puppy, you could call her dolorous Dolores.
adjective. causing or involving pain or sorrow. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Derived forms. dolorously (ˈdolorously) adverb. dolorousness (ˈdolorousness) noun. Word Frequency. dolorous in American English. (ˈdoʊlərəs ; ˈdɑlərəs ) adjective. 1. very sorrowful or sad; mournful. 2. Archaic. painful.
