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doleful

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dole·ful  (dlfl)
adj.
1. Filled with or expressing grief; mournful. See Synonyms at sad.
2. Causing grief: a doleful loss.

doleful·ly adv.
doleful·ness n.

doleful [ˈdəʊlfʊl]
adj
dreary; mournful Archaic word dolesome [ˈdəʊlsəm]
dolefully  adv
dolefulness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.doleful - filled with or evoking sadness; "the child's doleful expression"; "stared with mournful eyes"; "mournful news"
sad - experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; "feeling sad because his dog had died"; "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossetti

doleful
Translations
doleful [ˈdəʊlfʊl] ADJtriste

doleful [ˈdəʊlfʊl] adj (= miserable) [expression, manner, voice] → lugubre, triste

doleful
adj person, face, look, expressiontieftraurig, trübselig; eyes, voice, sightieftraurig; songklagend

doleful [ˈdəʊlfʊl] adj (expression) → afflitto/a; (song, prospect) → triste
doleful [ˈdəʊlfʊl] adj (expression) → afflitto/a; (song, prospect) → triste

doleful
adj doleful [ˈdoulful]
sorrowful a doleful expression. droewig, treurig, hartseer مُحْزِن، كَئيب печален smutný, žalostný sorgfuld; sørgmodig traurig θλιμμένος triste kurblik غم انگیز؛ اندوهناک surullinen triste עָצוּב, מְדוּכָּא दु:खी, निराशा milostiv szomorú sedih sorglegur addolorato 悲しげな 침울한, 우울한 liūdnas, sielvartingas skumīgs; sērīgs muram droefgeestig sørgmodig, sorgfull smętny, żałosny desconsolado trist скорбный smutný žalosten setan sorgsen, bedrövad เสียใจมาก üzüntülü, üzgün 令人悲哀的 сумний, скорботний المناک đau buồn
adv dolefully
droewig بِحُزْنٍ ، بِكَآبَه печално smutně, žalostně sorgfuldt; sørgmodigt traurig θλιμμένα tristemente, desconsoladamente kurblikult بطور غم انگیز surullisesti tristement בְּעֶצֶב, בְּדִכדוּך निराशापूर्वक milostivo szomorúan dengan sedih sorglega, dapurlega tristemente 悲しげに 슬프게 liūdnai skumīgi; sērīgi dengan muram droefgeestig sørgmodig, sorgfullt smętnie desconsoladamente cu tristeţe скорбно smutne žalostno setno sorgset อย่างเสียใจมาก üzüntülü şekilde 悲哀地 сумно, скорботно حسرت و اندوہ کے ساتھ một cách đau buồn
n dolefulness
droefheid, treurigheid, hartseer حُزْن، كَآبَه печалност smutek sorgfuldhed; sørgmodighed die Trauer θλίψη desconsuelo kurblikkus اندوه؛ غم surullisuus tristesse עָצבוּת शोकपूर्णता से milost szomorúság kesedihan dapurleiki dolore; tristezza 悲しげなこと 슬픔, 시름 liūdnumas skumīgums; sērīgums kemuraman droefgeestigheid sørgmodighet smutek desconsolo tristeţe скорбность smútok žalost seta bedrövelse, dysterhet ความเศร้าใจ üzgünlük, üzüntü 悲哀 скорботність رنجیدگی sự đau buồn


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It needs scarcely to be told, with what feelings, on the eve of a Nantucket voyage, I regarded those marble tablets, and by the murky light of that darkened, doleful day read the fate of the whalemen who had gone before me, Yes, Ishmael, the same fate may be thine.
THEN the mouse came out of her jam pot, and Benjamin took the paper bag off his head, and they told the doleful tale.
And now it is the time; from Hell's abyss Come thirsting Tantalus, come Sisyphus Heaving the cruel stone, come Tityus With vulture, and with wheel Ixion come, And come the sisters of the ceaseless toil; And all into this breast transfer their pains, And (if such tribute to despair be due) Chant in their deepest tones a doleful dirge Over a corse unworthy of a shroud.
 
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