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dolorous

/dol-er-uhs, doh-ler-/US // ˈdɒl ər əs, ˈdoʊ lər- //UK // (ˈdɒlərəs) //

多情,多情的,多情寡义,凄惨

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : full of, expressing, or causing pain or sorrow; grievous; mournful: a dolorous melody; dolorous news.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.miserable, anguished

Examples

  • Obama himself shows the dolorous dangers of unalloyed ideology, making transformation a higher priority than repair.

  • For a time the Eastern Counties Railway had a somewhat dolorous career.

  • The farmer, half frightened by Anthony's dolorous shake of his head, exclaimed: "What's the matter, man?"

  • Meanwhile he utters the most dolorous cries, and vents his impotent rage upon the tree which serves him for a refuge.

  • She has come just in time to lull our dolorous philosophy, to show incarnate in woman the victim and the instrument of destiny.

  • This seems dolorous enough to me, whose only real satisfaction just now is some hope that I am not sowing the wind.