释义 |
ˈdolefulness [f. doleful a.1 + -ness.] The quality or state of being doleful; grief, sadness, sorrowfulness; dreariness, melancholy.
c1450Cov. Myst. (1841) 227 Ther had nevyr woman more doolfulness. 1530Palsgr. 214/2 Dolefulnesse, tristesse. 1586W. Webbe Eng. Poetrie (Arb.) 65 Wordes..expressing wonderfully the dolefulnesse of the song. 1887M. E. Braddon Like & Unlike i, Sir Adrian offered no reason for dolefulness. |