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Dolorous


DOLOROUS, adjective [Latin , grief.]

1. Sorrowful; doleful; dismal; impressing sorrow or grief; as a dolorous object; a dolorous region.

2. Painful; giving pain.

Their dispatch is quick, and less dolorous than the paw of the bear.

3. Expressing pain or grief; as dolorous sighs.