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Meanings of dolorous in anglès

Showing sorrow.

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Feeling mentally uncomfortable because something is missing or wrong.

Synonyms
Examples for "sad"
Examples for "sad"
1
It's a sad statement about the state of political freedom in Burma.
Reuters
2
As for the proposed penalty point system, this is the sad history.
The Irish Times
3
There was a second, final sentence: TN I shall be sad, though.
The Guardian
4
ANSWER: It's understandable that you feel sad and jealous in this situation.
News.com.au
5
At least he got a good rate of interest.' A sad chuckle.
The marks of cain
1
Ms Young said the council had become an unhappy place, lacking leadership.
Radio NZ
2
Charmaine is unhappy about the work being done at her neighbours' house.
The South African
3
Some small shareholders have said they were unhappy with the new terms.
Reuters
4
The truth is Harry had been unhappy for a long, long time.
News.com.au
5
Thus, of course, the preference of novelists and dramatists for unhappy families.
The Irish Times
1
And listening I could head a doleful pealing in the grey sky.
The Untilled Field
2
Having intoned the two lines the flock took up the doleful dirge.
Blue Ridge Country
3
Nor were they in this doleful condition allowed a sufficiency of water.
American Prisoners of the Revolution
4
And so he put me here.' I gave Barak a doleful smile.
Sovereign
5
At last there came the long-drawn, doleful note of the screech owl.
The High School Boys' Fishing Trip
Usage of dolorous in anglès
1
He was returning to a flat in the dolorous edifice of civilisation.
A Prisoner in Fairyland (The Book That 'Uncle Paul' Wrote)
2
The rest of the house presented an equally dolorous and forsaken appearance.
The House of the Whispering Pines
3
The dolorous music of the band filled her with a gentle ecstasy.
A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago
4
At this Pierre could not refrain from a dolorous and vivacious interruption.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 4
5
Then she gazed out before her, with a feeling of dolorous surprise.
The Fortune of the Rougons
6
Look at her: her forehead clouded, her glance vague, her mouth dolorous.
The Red Lily — Volume 01
7
That is dolorous, is it not, reader?-andstrikes you to the heart.
Mohun; Or, the Last Days of Lee and His Paladins. / Final Memoir...
8
I differed from him, 'O, sir,' said he, 'a most dolorous country!'
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
9
He tried the effect of dolorous sighs and groans; but Mrs.
Born in Exile
10
Rupert Brooke was a pawn in the dark and dolorous flight from Antwerp.
Some Diversions of a Man of Letters
11
The dolorous eyes peer sadly through the opening door of this new theater.
A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago
12
A smile appeared on the dolorous lips of the impotent hero.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 5
13
And the Indian began a dolorous chanting, which he continued throughout the night.
The Way of an Indian
14
Strange to say, David found considerable satisfaction in these dolorous predictions.
The Rose in the Ring
15
The context made it plain he considered dolorous a high commendation.
The Irish Times
16
He broke into dolorous song and turned back into the cookhouse.
Big Timber: A Story of the Northwest
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