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- Dictionarydoleful/ˈdəʊlf(ʊ)l/
adjective
- 1. expressing sorrow; mournful: "a doleful look"
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adjective. uk / ˈdəʊl.f ə l / us / ˈdoʊl.f ə l / Add to word list. very sad: a doleful expression. Synonyms. blue (SAD) informal. dejected. depressed. despondent. dispirited. dolorous literary. downcast. downhearted. down in the dumps. gloomy. glum informal. low-spirited. melancholy. miserable (UNHAPPY) mournful. plaintive. sad (NOT HAPPY)
1. : full of grief : cheerless. a doleful face. 2. : expressing grief : sad. a doleful melody. 3. : causing grief or affliction. a doleful loss. dolefully. ˈdōl-fə-lē. adverb. dolefulness noun. Synonyms. aching. agonized. anguished. bemoaning. bewailing. bitter. deploring. dolesome.
A doleful expression, manner, or voice is depressing and miserable. He gave me a long, doleful look. Synonyms: mournful , sad , gloomy , depressing More Synonyms of doleful
Synonyms for DOLEFUL: mournful, weeping, funeral, heartbroken, bitter, wailing, grieving, melancholy; Antonyms of DOLEFUL: joyful, triumphant, happy, cheerful, cheery, bright, delighted, smiling
To be doleful is to be down in the dumps, to have a hole in your soul, to be full of woe. Doleful has nothing to do with a doe, a deer or a female deer. Unless one of those animals has a really sad look in its eyes. Expressions can be doleful, ditto a song or a set of circumstances.
Doleful definition: sorrowful; mournful; melancholy. See examples of DOLEFUL used in a sentence.
Meaning of doleful in English. doleful. adjective. us / ˈdoʊl.f ə l / uk / ˈdəʊl.f ə l / Add to word list. very sad: a doleful expression. Synonyms. blue (SAD) informal. dejected. depressed. despondent. dispirited. dolorous literary. downcast. downhearted. down in the dumps. gloomy. glum informal. low-spirited. melancholy. miserable (UNHAPPY)
Definition of doleful adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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Definition of doleful – Learner’s Dictionary. doleful. adjective. uk / ˈdəʊlf ə l / us. Add to word list. very sad: doleful eyes. (Definition of doleful from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of doleful. in Chinese (Traditional) 悲傷的，哀傷的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 悲伤的，哀伤的… See more. in Spanish.
