adjective
meaning:
1. expressing sorrow; mournful.
"The lady has a doleful look on her face."
2. causing grief or misfortune.
"He could be struck off, with doleful consequences."
Synonyms:
mournful, woeful, sorrowful, sad, unhappy, depressed, dismal, gloomy, morose, melancholy, miserable, forlorn, wretched, woebegone, despondent, disconsolate, downcast, crestfallen, downhearted, heartbroken, heavy-hearted, despairing, desolate, grief-stricken, dejected
Antonyms:
blissful, buoyant, buoyed, cheerful, cheery, chipper, delighted, glad, gladdened, gladsome, gleeful, happy, joyful, joyous, jubilant, sunny, upbeat
Origin
1225-75; Middle English dol-ful
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