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Definition of Doleful

Doleful
Doleful Dole"ful, a. Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal. With screwed face and doleful whine. --South. Regions of sorrow, doleful shades. --Milton. Syn: Piteous; rueful; sorrowful; woeful; melancholy; sad gloomy; dismal; dolorous; woe-begone. - Dole"ful*ly, adv. -- Dole"ful*ness, n.

Meaning of Doleful from wikipedia

- translations of the Bible. In the King James Bible, Isaiah 13:21 refers to 'doleful creatures', which some commentators suggest are either jackals or hyenas...
- The Doleful Lions are a pop group headed up by frontman Jonathan Scott and usually brother Robert Scott. Their first 45" was released by Parasol Records...
- and the Doleful Lay". SEL: Studies in English Literature 1500–1900, Vol. 42, 2002. Coren, Pamela, "Edmund Spenser, Mary Sidney, and the Doleful Lay". SEL:...
- of Entertainment W****ly wrote: "Freeman plays nearly every scene in a doleful hush; he makes you lean in to hear his words, to ferret out the hints of...
- Grace in his good keeping, and to direct you in all your actions. From my doleful prison in the Tower, this sixth of May; Your most loyal and ever faithful...
- between Barcelona and Paris. In his austere use of colour and sometimes doleful subject matter—prostitutes and beggars are frequent subjects—Pic****o was...
- p****ing bell; Rung is my doleful knell, For the sound my death doth tell, Death doth draw nigh, There is no remedy. Sound my end dolefully For now I die....
- lyrics are a memento mori and begin with the words "Hark! from the tomb a doleful sound". Another Christian setting, using the name "Fair Haven" for the...
- governor of the Plymouth Colony, similarly described the departure: Truly doleful was the sight of that sad and mournful parting. To see what sighs and sobs...
- of the day: 1st prescript Fearful Startling Awful Woeful Horrid Bloody Doleful Sorrowful Hideous Frightful Appalling Last 2nd prescript Fearful Startling...