DOLEFUL
\dˈə͡ʊlfə͡l], \dˈəʊlfəl], \d_ˈəʊ_l_f_əl]\
Definitions of DOLEFUL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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filled with or evoking sadness; "the child's doleful expression"; "stared with mournful eyes"; "mournful news"
By Princeton University
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filled with or evoking sadness; "the child's doleful expression"; "stared with mournful eyes"; "mournful news"
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By Oddity Software
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Dolefully.
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Dolefulness.
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Melancholy; mournful.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Full of grief; sad; lamentable.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Dreary, dismal; sad, discontented, melancholy. Hence dolefully adv., dolefulness n.
By Sir Augustus Henry