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DOLOUROUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dolourous mean? 

DOLOUROUS (adjective)
  The adjective DOLOUROUS has 1 sense:

1. showing sorrowplay

  Familiarity information: DOLOUROUS used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DOLOUROUS (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Showing sorrow

Synonyms:

dolorous; dolourous; lachrymose; tearful; weeping

Similar:

sorrowful (experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss)

Derivation:

dolor ((poetry) painful grief)


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