English Explanatory Dictionary

doleful

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Filled with grief, mournful, bringing feelings of sadness.

Pronunciation

/ˈdoʊlfəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-doleful.wav

Word forms

doleful more doleful dolefuller dolefuler most doleful dolefullest dolefulest

Etymology

From Middle English doleful, doolful, deolful, equivalent to dole + -ful.

Synonyms

dolesome unhappy cheerless comfortless bleak dark morose depressing desolate dire disconsolate dismal doleful drear drearisome dreary dreich forlorn gayless gray gloomsome gloomy grim joyless lack-laughter lugubrious melancholy mirthless miserable no joke saturnine solemn somber sombre spiritless sullen sunless uncheerful uncheery unmerry wintry woeful atrabiliary atrabilious blitheless dispirited blue bummed out chapfallen chopfallen crestfallen cut up damp dejected depressed despondent disgruntled disheartened down down in the dumps

Derived words

dolefully dolefulness
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