单词	dolefully
释义	doleful adjective dole·​ful ˈdōl-fəl  1 : full of grief : cheerless a doleful face 2 : expressing grief : sad a doleful melody 3 : causing grief or affliction a doleful loss dolefully ˈdōl-fə-lē  adverb dolefulness noun Synonyms aching agonized anguished bemoaning bewailing bitter deploring dolesome dolorous funeral grieving heartbroken lamentable lugubrious mournful plaintive plangent regretful rueful sorrowful sorry wailing weeping woeful See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences The girl had a doleful look on her face. You sounded so doleful about your future that night. Recent Examples on the Web In a career spanning half a century, Hall was a quintessential character actor, a ubiquitous hangdog face whose doleful appearance could shroud a booming intensity and humble gravitas. Jake Coyle, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2022 With his raspy delivery, grizzled hair and doleful face, Hall excelled as government and military officials with urgent agendas as well as Hollywood and business executives with ulterior motives. Adam Bernstein, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2022 With his raspy delivery, grizzled hair and doleful face, Mr. Hall excelled as government and military officials with urgent agendas as well as Hollywood and business executives with ulterior motives. Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, 13 June 2022 In a career spanning half a century, Hall was a ubiquitous hangdog face whose doleful, weary appearance could shroud a booming intensity and humble sensitivity. Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2022 Quixotic is a mild term for the compulsions that grip these people, and their adventures are more harrowing than anything Cervantes’s knight of the doleful countenance ever experienced. A. O. Scott, The Atlantic, 17 May 2022 Her passionate and doleful appeal was one of many made in the last few days by Ukrainian athletes after their races had ended, a far cry from their normal upbeat and buoyant mood after victory. New York Times, 7 Mar. 2022 Freezing winter in a place designed for frolicsome summer can be a doleful time. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 11 Feb. 2022 McKay cast his doleful satire of climate change denial and MAGA belligerence with seemingly half the available members of the Screen Actors Guild. Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 8 Feb. 2022 See More Word History Etymology see dole entry 1 First Known Use 13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3 Kids Definition doleful adjective dole·​ful ˈdōl-fəl  : very sad a doleful day dolefully adverb as in sorrowfully with feelings of bitterness or grief the novelist dolefully remarked that the proceeds from his last book would scarcely buy a dollhouse, let alone a real house Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance sorrowfully bitterly mournfully sadly painfully lugubriously ruefully plaintively unhappily resentfully dolorously regretfully sharply hard harshly woefully inconsolably wretchedly grievously agonizingly wailfully dejectedly dispiritedly despairingly despondently sorely disconsolately glumly morosely forlornly severely gloomily cheerlessly sullenly somberly distressfully drearily dourly abjectly dismally joylessly mirthlessly miserably darkly pessimistically hardly blackly poignantly distressingly cruelly acutely keenly piercingly downheartedly hurtfully ill low-spiritedly crestfallenly rancorously Antonyms & Near Antonyms happily joyfully joyously cheerfully cheerily gaily delightedly blissfully gayly merrily mirthfully gladly gleefully sunnily lightheartedly unconcernedly impassively indifferently rejoicingly calmly stoically blithely nonchalantly casually dispassionately good-naturedly lightly easily favorably well blithesomely See More
随便看	backupper backuppest backups backveld backward backward compatibility backward compatible backward dive backward masking backward pass backward-looking backwardation backwarder backwardest backwardlier backwardliest backwardly backwardness backwardnesses backwards backwards compatibility backwards compatible backwash backwashed backwashes

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