- 1. a. Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal. Source: opted
- 2. adj. filled with or evoking sadness Source: wordnet
- 3. Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal. With screwed face and doleful whine. South. Regions of sorrow, doleful shades. Milton. Syn. -- Piteous; rueful; sorrowful; woeful; melancholy; sad gloomy; dismal; dolorous; woe-begone. - Dole"ful*ly, adv. -- Dole"ful*ness, n. Source: webster
- 4. Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow;sorrowful; sad; dismal.With screwed face and doleful whine. South.Regions of sorrow, doleful shades. Milton. Source: adambom
- 5. j:100 s. filled with or evoking sadness Source: ecdict
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