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单词 dolesome
释义

dolesome

adjective

dole·​some ˈdōl-səm How to pronounce dolesome (audio)
: doleful

Synonyms

  • aching
  • agonized
  • anguished
  • bemoaning
  • bewailing
  • bitter
  • deploring
  • doleful
  • dolorous
  • funeral
  • grieving
  • heartbroken
  • lamentable
  • lugubrious
  • mournful
  • plaintive
  • plangent
  • regretful
  • rueful
  • sorrowful
  • sorry
  • wailing
  • weeping
  • woeful
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Example Sentences

the dolesome sound of a lone harmonica arising from the darkened encampment

Word History

First Known Use

1533, in the meaning defined above

dolesome

adjective

as in funeral
expressing or suggesting mourning the dolesome sound of a lone harmonica arising from the darkened encampment

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • funeral
  • weeping
  • mournful
  • heartbroken
  • grieving
  • bitter
  • wailing
  • sorry
  • sad
  • melancholy
  • aching
  • unhappy
  • lamentable
  • sorrowful
  • tearful
  • doleful
  • regretful
  • anguished
  • agonized
  • depressed
  • lugubrious
  • crying
  • plaintive
  • dolorous
  • somber
  • woeful
  • bemoaning
  • deploring
  • dark
  • bewailing
  • rueful
  • plangent
  • bleak
  • morbid
  • elegiacal
  • dirgelike
  • pathetic
  • keening
  • groaning
  • funereal
  • moaning
  • darkening
  • elegiac
  • miserable
  • moody
  • dispirited
  • suffering
  • bleeding
  • dejected
  • inconsolable
  • black
  • howling
  • downcast
  • disconsolate
  • desolate
  • gray
  • heartsick
  • woebegone
  • crestfallen
  • gloomy
  • downhearted
  • despondent
  • low
  • forlorn
  • downcast
  • bawling
  • glum
  • careworn
  • brokenhearted
  • miserable
  • downhearted
  • yammering
  • triste
  • sullen
  • wretched
  • low-spirited
  • pessimistic
  • cheerless
  • dismal
  • gloomy
  • joyless
  • heartsore
  • saturnine
  • piteous
  • morose
  • glum
  • dreary
  • comfortless
  • grey
  • sombre

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • happy
  • joyful
  • triumphant
  • cheerful
  • bright
  • delighted
  • cheery
  • smiling
  • laughing
  • joyous
  • jolly
  • merry
  • optimistic
  • rejoicing
  • encouraging
  • blissful
  • buoyant
  • hopeful
  • cheering
  • lighthearted
  • exulting
  • blithesome
  • mirthful
  • rapturous
  • ecstatic
  • glorying
  • blithe
  • giddy
  • heady
  • euphoric
  • rhapsodic
  • jocund
  • elated
  • rhapsodical
  • exhilarated
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