Definitions for Doleful
ˈdoʊl fəldole·ful

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. doleful, mournfuladjective

   filled with or evoking sadness

   "the child's doleful expression"; "stared with mournful eyes"; "mournful news"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dolefuladjective

   griefful, mournful, bringing feelings of sadness.

   The doleful peal of the bell indicated another funeral was being held.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dolefuladjective

   Etymology: dole and full.

   1. Sorrowful; dismal; expressing grief.

   She earnestly intreated to know the cause thereof, that either she might comfort, or accompany her doleful humour. Philip Sidney.

   For none but you, or who of you it learns,
   Can rightfully aread so doleful lay. Edmund Spenser, Tears of the Muses.

   With screwed face, and doleful whine, they only ply with senseless harangues of conscience against carnal ordinances. Robert South, Sermons.

   Just then the hero cast a doleful cry,
   And in those absent flames began to fry:
   The blind contagion rag’d within his veins. John Dryden, Fables.

   2. Melancholy; afflicted; feeling grief.

   How oft my doleful sire cry’d to me, tarry, son,
   When first he spyed my love! Philip Sidney, b. i.

   3. Dismal; impressing sorrow.

   It watereth the heart, to the end it may fructify; maketh the virtuous, in trouble, full of magnanimity and courage; serveth as a most approved remedy against all doleful and heavy accidents, which befall men in this present life. Richard Hooker, b. v.

   From those flames
   No light, but rather darkness visible,
   Serv’d only to discover sights of woe,
   Regions of sorrow! doleful shades! where peace
   And rest can never dwell! John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. i.

   Happy the mortal man! who now at last
   Has through this doleful vale of mis’ry past;
   Who to his destin’d stage has carry’d on
   The tedious load, and laid his burden down. Matthew Prior.

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1. doleful

   Doleful is an adjective used to describe something that expresses or causes sadness, sorrow, or grief.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dolefuladjective

   full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal

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1. Doleful

   悲しみに沈んだ in Japanese. What comes up for Japanese on this website is opposite of real meaning.

   
   

   Submitted by anonymous on June 16, 2019  

How to pronounce Doleful?

1. Alex

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Doleful in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Doleful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Doleful in a Sentence

1. William Shakespeare:

   When griping grief the heart doth wound, and doleful dumps the mind oppress, then music, with her silver sound, with speedy help doth lend redress.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Doleful
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Doleful
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Doleful
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Doleful