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Meanings of dolorous in English

Showing sorrow.

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Feeling mentally uncomfortable because something is missing or wrong.

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Examples for "weeping"
Examples for "weeping"
1
Tens of thousands of weeping family members are gathered at the site.
BBC
2
Describes weeping refugees being flown to safety in Trier, Germany... View Article
The new yorker
3
In the evening weeping shall have place, and in the morning gladness.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2
4
Very handsome; leaves silvery white beneath; among others is a weeping variety.
Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) / A Practical Guide to the ...
5
I pictured them in four separate heaps in the snow, all weeping.
A Woman Tenderfoot
1
In a tearful address to delegates, he pleaded: 'The hour is late.
The Guardian
2
No; there was in her some emotion very different from the tearful.
Saint's Progress
3
There is an expression of misery and terror in her tearful eyes.
The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories
4
Lilian kissed them both; and Thecla said, in a tearful, frightened whisper.
An Old Meerschaum / From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume...
5
Back in central Havana, we said tearful farewells in the hotel lobby.
The Guardian
1
Many men in their cups become lachrymose, others silly, and some combative.
Red Rooney: The Last of the Crew
2
He rose to his feet and went on with his lachrymose philippic.
We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
3
An ill-tempered letter is as great a mistake as a lachrymose one.
Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society / A condensed but t...
4
Three lachrymose letters had elicited no response; he wrote once more, and thus:
The Town Traveller
5
Trench name for the German lachrymose chemical shell which makes the eyes smart.
"Over the Top," by an American Soldier Who Went / Together with ...
1
"Aye," said the king, "it is a dolourous topic-very painful!
The Helmet of Navarre
Usage of dolorous in English
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
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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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