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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

dolorosus

, from

dolor

: cf. F.

douloureux

. See

Full of grief; sad; sorrowful; doleful; dismal;

as, a

dolorous

object;

dolorous

discourses.

You take me in too

dolorous

a sense;
I spake to you for your comfort.

Shakespeare

Occasioning pain or grief; painful.

–

Dol′or-ous-ly

adv.

–

Dol′or-ous-ness

Noun.

Adj.

[L., grief.]

Sorrowful; doleful; dismal; impressing sorrow or grief; as a dolorous object; a dolorous region.

Painful; giving pain.

Their dispatch is quick, and less dolorous than the paw of the bear.

Expressing pain or grief; as dolorous sighs.