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DOLEFUL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Filled with or evoking sadness
Example:
mournful news
Synonyms:
doleful; mournful
Classified under:
Similar:
sad (experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness)
Derivation:
dolefulness (sadness caused by grief or affliction)
Context examples:
There is something of a doleful air about that room to me, for Peggotty has told me—I don't know when, but apparently ages ago—about my father's funeral, and the company having their black cloaks put on.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
