DOLOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dolor mean? 

• DOLOR (noun)
  The noun DOLOR has 1 sense:

1. (poetry) painful grief

  Familiarity information: DOLOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOLOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(poetry) painful grief

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

dolor; dolour

Hypernyms ("dolor" is a kind of...):

brokenheartedness; grief; heartache; heartbreak (intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death))

Domain category:

poesy; poetry; verse (literature in metrical form)

Derivation:

dolorous; dolourous (showing sorrow)