DOLOROUS

dolorous. dolorous, grieuous, or sorrowfull

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dolorous. Dolorous, a. sorrowful, doleful, dismal, painful

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Dol″or‐ous (?), a. [[L. dolorosus, from dolor: cf. F. douloureux. See Dolor.]] 1. 1. Full of grief; sad; sorrowful; doleful; dismal; as, a dolorous object; dolorous discourses.
You take me in too dolorous a sense; I spake to you for your comfort. Shak. 2. 2. Occasioning pain or grief; painful.
Their dispatch is quick, and less dolorous than the paw of the bear or teeth of the lion. Dr. H. More. — Dol″or‐ous‐ly, adv. — Dol″or‐ous‐ness, n.