doleful
pronunciation
How to pronounce doleful in British English:
UK [ˈdəʊlfl]
How to pronounce doleful in American English:
US [ˈdoʊlfl]
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- Adjective:
- filled with or evoking sadness
Word Origin
- doleful
- doleful: see indolent
- doleful (adj.)
- late 13c., with -ful, from Middle English dole "grief" (early 13c.), from Old French doel (Modern French deuil), from Late Latin dolus "grief," from Latin dolere "suffer, grieve." Related: Dolefully.