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DOLOUR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dolour mean?
• DOLOUR (noun)
The noun DOLOUR has 1 sense:
1. (poetry) painful grief
Familiarity information: DOLOUR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(poetry) painful grief
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
dolor; dolour
Hypernyms ("dolour" is a kind of...):
brokenheartedness; grief; heartache; heartbreak (intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death))
Domain category:
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