Definitions for dolorous

dolorous dol·or·ous

Spelling: [dol-er-uh s, doh-ler-]
IPA: /ˈdɒl ər əs, ˈdoʊ lər-/

Dolorous is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 127 anagrams from letters in dolorous (dlooorsu).

Definitions for dolorous

adjective

  1. full of, expressing, or causing pain or sorrow; grievous; mournful:

Origin of dolorous

1375-1425; Middle English dolorous, dolerous Anglo-French, Old French; see dolor, -ous

Examples for dolorous

“Pleasant news,” said Mr. Hawke, with rather a dolorous sigh.

dolorous, he fancied, keen with a horror of wonder and of despair.

Then she gazed out before her, with a feeling of dolorous surprise.

He stood stupefied, and so dolorous a spectacle that she could not but laugh.

There were sighs of comprehension, gasps of dolorous interest.

He, with his eyes fixed on the embers, had sunk back into the dolorous past.

At this Pierre could not refrain from a dolorous and vivacious interruption.

This admission, so sincere and so dolorous to make, penetrated me.

Obama himself shows the dolorous dangers of unalloyed ideology, making transformation a higher priority than repair.

At last, he placed it in his pocket and faced the dolorous high-jacker.

Word Value for dolorous
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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