- very sorrowful or sad; mournful
- Archaic painful
Origin of dolorous
Old French dolerous from Late Latin dolorosus: see dolor
adjective
The definition of dolorous is a person who is very sad.
An example of dolorous is someone crying uncontrollably at a funeral; a dolorous person.
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dolorous
adjective
Marked by or exhibiting sorrow, grief, or pain.
Origin of dolorous
Middle English from Old French doloros from Late Latin dolōrōsus from dolor dolor ; see dolor .Related Forms:
- do′lor·ous·ly
adverb
- do′lor·ous·ness
noun
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Origin
From Old French dolerous (modern French douloureux), from Latin dolōrōsus (“painful”).
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Sentence Examples
- The league was promised by England; but the army of France was first in the field, and towards the end of the year drove the forces of the "congregation" from Leith into Edinburgh, and then out of it in a midnight rout to Stirling - "that dark and dolorous night," as Knox long afterwards said, "wherein all ye, my lords, with shame and fear left this town," and from which only a memorable sermon by their great preacher roused the despairing multitude into new hope.
WORDS NEAR dolorous IN THE DICTIONARY
- dolorous
- dolorimetric
- dolorimetry
- dolorose