dolor.

1. Sorrow or grief.

2. Bodily pain or aching.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• expressions of dolor
• a voice full of dolor

On the page

A note of dolor entered her voice when she spoke of the island.

The poem’s restrained dolor was more affecting than its final cry.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.