1. doleful - Adjective
2. doleful - Adjective Satellite
Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal.
Source: Webster's dictionarythe child's doleful expression Source: Internet
stared with mournful eyes Source: Internet
mournful news Source: Internet
Examples include "When the Foeman bares his steel" (The Pirates of Penzance), "In a doleful train" (Patience) and "Welcome, gentry" (Ruddigore). Source: Internet
Gallois, p. 368 The work contrasts a "doleful threnody " in the slow movement with the finale, which "pirouettes in 4/4 time", in a style reminiscent of the 18th century. Source: Internet
Henry VII is shown receiving the book containing the manuscript in mourning robes with a doleful expression on his face. Source: Internet