dolefulness
[ dohl-fuh l ]
Synonyms for dolefulness
- anguish
- blues
- dejection
- depression
- despondence
- despondency
- doldrums
- downheartedness
- dumps
- gloom
- glumness
- grief
- heartache
- melancholy
- mournfulness
- sorrow
- unhappiness
- woe
- heavy-heartedness
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EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR DOLEFULNESS
Indeed all I have been doing was to get him to moderate his dolefulness.
There was a certain accent of dolefulness in the way he said it.
My rendering of the famous ballad had, in consequence, acquired a dolefulness not intended by the composer.
RELATED WORDS AND SYNONYMS FOR 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
- mopes
- 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.