英语词汇“doleful”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	doleful
释义	dole·ful \ˈdōlfəl\ adjective (dolefuller ; dolefullest) Etymology: Middle English dolful, doelful, delful, from dol, doel, del dole + -ful — more at dole (grief) 1. a. : causing grief or affliction : woeful, lamentable < a head and heart full of doleful thoughts, anxieties, and fears — Nathaniel Hawthorne > b. : attended with or indicating grief or a morose or despairing attitude : cheerless < in the dolefullest dumps after flunking > < abandoning the argument, she gave a doleful shake of her head > c. : disconsolate < the doleful one is obviously the defeated competitor > 2. a. : expressing mourning or lamentation < the body is carried around in front of the mourners, who are singing a very doleful dirge — W.H.Goodenough > b. : evoking sadness or gloom : inducing depression of spirits : lugubrious < he was constitutionally gloomy, a congenital pessimist who always saw the doleful side of any situation — W.A.White > • dole·ful·ly \-fəlē, -li\ adverb • dole·ful·ness \-lnə̇s\ noun -es
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