dolorousadj.
/ˈdɒlərəs/ 1. Causing, attended by, or affected with physical pain; painful; severe, acute.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > [adjective] > causing pain
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algetic1879
algesic1880
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c1400 Rom. Rose 5474 [Fortune] leieth a plastre dolorous Unto her hertis wounded egre.
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 13v No Medicin may preuayle..till the same dolorous tooth be..plucked vp by the rootes.
1620 T. Venner Via Recta viii. 166 Dolorous Gouts..are not apt to be bred by parsimony.
1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 165 A very dolorous thirst.
1865 W. Roberts Urinary & Renal Dis. (1885) ii. ii. 301 The dolorous sensations and irritability which constantly torment diabetic patients.
2. Causing or giving rise to grief or sorrow; grievous, distressful; doleful, dismal.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [adjective] > causing sorrow or grief
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sorrowfulOE
sorryOE
yomerlyOE
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tristfula1492
dolorousa1500
doly?1553
mournful?1570
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tristifical1656
melancholy1710
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin vii. 116 The archebisshop yaf the scentence full dolerouse.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cvv Although the death of therle wer dolorous to all Englishmen.
1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 34 When God commands to take the trumpet and blow a dolorous or a jarring blast.
a1711 T. Ken Christophil in Wks. (1721) I. 492 Faint he sank amidst the dol'rous way.
1877 W. Black Green Pastures (1878) xxix. 234 We had a dolorous day of rain.
3. Of persons, their feelings, state, etc.: Full of or expressing sorrow; sorrowful, sad, distressed.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [adjective]
sorelyc888
gramec893
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ruesome1833
yearned1838
doleant1861
mournsome1869
thoughted1869
tragical1887
grief-stricken1905
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective]
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dreary-moodOE
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unmerryOE
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down in (rarely of) the mouth1649
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Novemberish1793
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die-away1802
blue-devilish1804
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down in the hip1826
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bummed1970
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. ii. 149 Syne confortis he his feris dolorous.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lii. 174 I am ryght dolorous for the newes that I brynge you.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 658 Thir armor..wrought them pain Implacable, and many a dolorous groan. View more context for this quotation
1853 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1854) I. iv. 40 [His] countenance assumed an appearance of the most dolorous sympathy.
1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems ii. 10 Might I..my dolorous heart awhile deliver.
Derivatives
doloˈrosity n. dolorousness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun]
unlustOE
sorrowfulnessa1250
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dullnessc1369
tristourc1380
murknessc1390
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ungladnessa1400
droopingc1400
heavity14..
dejectionc1450
terne?a1513
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descence1526
marea1529
sadness?1537
dumpishness1548
unblessedness1549
dolorousness1553
ruefulness?1574
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heartlessness1591
languishment1591
mopishness1598
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black dog1776
humdudgeon1785
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wishtnessc1800
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blue-devilage1816
dispiritment1827
downcastness1827
depressiveness1832
dolorosity1835
lugubriosity1840
disconsolance1847
down1856
heavy-heartedness1860
lugubriousness1879
sullenness1885
low key1886
melancholia1896
burn-out1903
mokus1924
downness1927
mopiness1927
deflation1933
wallow1934
1835 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 2 784 I really do not wonder at your dolorosity.
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