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DOLOUROUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dolourous mean?
• DOLOUROUS (adjective)
The adjective DOLOUROUS has 1 sense:
1. showing sorrow
Familiarity information: DOLOUROUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Showing sorrow
Synonyms:
dolorous; dolourous; lachrymose; tearful; weeping
Similar:
sorrowful (experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss)
Derivation:
dolor ((poetry) painful grief)
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