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adjective
- 1. expressing sorrow; mournful: "a doleful look"
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Doleful means very sad or unhappy. Find out the pronunciation, synonyms and usage examples of doleful from the Cambridge Dictionary and other sources.
Doleful means full of grief, sad, or causing grief. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries for doleful.
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.
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Doleful means expressing or suggesting mourning, or feeling unhappiness. Find 202 similar and opposite words for doleful, such as mournful, sad, joyful, and cheerful, with definitions and examples.
Doleful means depressing and miserable, or full of or causing sorrow or sadness. Learn how to use this adjective in sentences, and find synonyms and related words in Collins English Dictionary.
Doleful means very sad or unhappy. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts and find synonyms and related words for doleful.
Doleful means sorrowful, mournful or melancholy. It is an archaic word derived from the Middle English dol-ful. See how to use doleful in a sentence and find synonyms for this adjective.
