MEANING
Expressing or filled with deep sorrow or distress.
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- dolorous cry
- dolorous lament
- dolorous expression
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A dolorous cry rose from the empty chamber.
Her dolorous expression silenced the room.
The song ended in a long, dolorous lament.
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- dolorous
Usage notes
Primary category: gothic. Forms: Comparative more dolorous; superlative most dolorous. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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