doleful English

Meaning doleful meaning

What does doleful mean?

doleful

— adjective (= mournful) filled with or evoking sadness the child's doleful expression stared with mournful eyes mournful news

Synonyms doleful synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as doleful?

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sad

mournful

sorrowful

melancholy

downcast

grievous

dispirited

cheerless

gloomy

unhappy

plaintive

miserable

despondent

woeful

dreary

tearful

sorry

rueful

lugubrious

dull

downhearted

down

dolorous

distressed

depressed

dejected

causing grief

yearnful

wistful

weeping

spiritless

sore

sombre

somber

solemn

saddened

regrettable

pitiful

piteous

pathetical

pathetic

pain

luctiferous

listless

lamentable

heartbroken

grief-stricken

forlorn

drear

down-hearted

Topics doleful topics

What do people use doleful to talk about?

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Sad

• What words describe someone who feels sad?
  sad crestfallen dejected disappointed discouraged doleful down downcast downhearted fed up forlorn gloomy glum grouchy grumpy with a heavy heart homesick low melancholy morose mournful pensive sober (adj) solemn sorry sorrowful sullen unhappy wistful woeful