DOLEFUL Synonyms
There is 0 hypernym of the word doleful. (close relations)
Best Alternatives
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| mournful | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • expressing sorrow • filled with or evoking sadness | ||||||
| cheerless | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy | ||||||
| dejected | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • affected or marked by low spirits | ||||||
| desolate | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • providing no shelter or sustenance • crushed by grief verb • leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch • reduce in population • cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | ||||||
| forlorn | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • marked by or showing hopelessness | ||||||
| gloomy | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • depressingly dark • filled with melancholy and despondency • causing dejection | ||||||
| melancholy | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • a feeling of thoughtful sadness • a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed • a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy adjective satellite • characterized by or causing or expressing sadness • grave or even gloomy in character | ||||||
| miserable | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • very unhappy; full of misery • deserving or inciting pity • of the most contemptible kind • of very poor quality or condition • characterized by physical misery • contemptibly small in amount | ||||||
| sad | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness adjective satellite • of things that make you feel sad • bad; unfortunate | ||||||
| somber | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • lacking brightness or color; dull • grave or even gloomy in character | ||||||
| sorrowful | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss | ||||||
| wretched | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • of very poor quality or condition • characterized by physical misery • very unhappy; full of misery • morally reprehensible • deserving or inciting pity | ||||||
