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When Anthony was ready to speak of her Dahlia, she obtruded this question in utter dolefulness.
RHODA FLEMING, COMPLETEGEORGE MEREDITHAnd the Rector, having laid down his pipe, took to studying his boots with a certain dolefulness.
ROBERT ELSMEREMRS. HUMPHRY WARDSébalt sat with legs across, and his elbow resting on his knee, gazing into the fire with unspeakable dolefulness.
THE MAN-WOLF AND OTHER TALESEMILE ERCKMANN AND ALEXANDRE CHATRIANIndeed all I have been doing was to get him to moderate his dolefulness.
THE PILLARS OF THE HOUSE, VOL. I (OF 2)CHARLOTTE M. YONGEMy rendering of the famous ballad had, in consequence, acquired a dolefulness not intended by the composer.
PAUL KELVERJEROME KLAPKA, AKA JEROME K. JEROME"And I didn't make exactly a success of my marriage either," Winnie reflected, in a puzzled dolefulness.
MRS. MAXON PROTESTSANTHONY HOPEAnd the rector, having laid down his pipe, took to studying his boots with a certain dolefulness.
ROBERT ELSMEREMRS. HUMPHRY WARD"Don't want a birthdays," he announced with a suspicious dolefulness in his voice.
BOBBY IN SEARCH OF A BIRTHDAYLEBBEUS MITCHELL"You are so anxious to have me grow up," he replied, with proper dolefulness.
TOMMY AND GRIZELJ.M. BARRIEThere was a certain accent of dolefulness in the way he said it.
YOUNG PEOPLE'S PRIDESTEPHEN VINCENT BENETWORDS RELATED TO DOLEFULNESS
- abasement
- abjection
- abjectness
- blahs
- bleakness
- blue funk
- bummer
- cheerlessness
- dejection
- desolation
- desperation
- despondency
- disconsolation
- discouragement
- dispiritedness
- distress
- dole
- dolefulness
- dolor
- downheartedness
- dreariness
- dullness
- dumps
- ennui
- gloom
- gloominess
- heaviness of heart
- heavyheartedness
- hopelessness
- lowness
- lugubriosity
- melancholia
- melancholy
- misery
- mortification
- qualm
- sadness
- sorrow
- the blues
- trouble
- unhappiness
- vapors
- woefulness
- worry
- anguish
- bitterness
- blue devils
- blue funk
- blues
- catatonia
- chagrin
- cheerlessness
- dejection
- depression
- desolation
- despair
- despondence
- despondency
- disconsolateness
- discouragement
- dismals
- distress
- doldrums
- dolefulness
- dolor
- downheartedness
- dullness
- dumps
- dysphoria
- foreboding
- funk
- glumness
- grief
- heaviness
- heavy-heartedness
- horror
- low spirits
- malaise
- melancholy
- misery
- misgiving
- mope
- morbidity
- mourning
- oppression
- pensiveness
- pessimism
- sadness
- saturninity
- sorrow
- unhappiness
- vexation
- weariness
- woe
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.