What is "doleful" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does doleful mean in English? Meaning of doleful definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "doleful" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "doleful": filled with or evoking sadness

Adjective

Meaning: filled with or evoking sadness

Example: the child's doleful expression stared with mournful eyes mournful news

Synonyms: doleful mournful

Similar: sad

Adjective: Filled with grief, mournful, bringing feelings of sadness. The doleful peal of the bell indicated another funeral was being held.

Synonyms:

afflicted, cheerless, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, dismal, dispirited, distressing, dolorous, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, dreary, forlorn, funereal, gloomy, lamentable, lugubrious, melancholy, mournful, painful, piteous, pitiful, plaintive, rueful, sad, somber, sorrowful, woebegone, woeful, wretched, cast down, dirgeful, dolent, grieving,

Antonyms:

cheerful, elated, glad, gleeful, joyful, happy,

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