Definitions for: Doleful

[adj] filled with or evoking sadness; "the child's doleful expression"; "stared with mournful eyes"; "mournful news"

Webster (1913) Definition: Dole"ful, a.
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.

Synonyms: mournful, sad

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