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doleful

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1. doleful - Adjective

2. doleful - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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the 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

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