Words Like DOLEFUL

We have put together a list of words that are similar to DOLEFUL.

4 Alternative Words Similar to doleful

1 Mournful Adjective      Synonym Words Like Mournful
2 Sad Adjective      Similar Words Like Sad
3 Sorrowful Adjective      Synonym Words Like Sorrowful
4 Dismal Adjective      Synonym Words Like Dismal

2 examples of doleful

1 mournful news
2 stared with mournful eyes

9 definitions of doleful

1 Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal.
2 filled with or evoking sadness
3 Filled with or expressing grief; mournful. See Synonyms at sad.
4 Causing grief: a doleful loss.
5 Full of dole or grief; sorrowful.
6 Expressing or causing grief; of a mournful or dismal character; gloomy: as, a doleful whine; a doleful cry.
7 Crafty; cunning; wily.
8 Synonyms and Mournful, woeful, rueful, lugubrious, dolorous, piteous, cheerless.
9 griefful, mournful, bringing feelings of sadness.
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