dolent

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adj sorrowful

adjective. depressing

adjective. miserable, anguished

adjective. sorrowful

adjective. very upset; grieving

But the dolent accents returned as he opened his proofs and read them.

By turns they were dolent, forsaken, languorous, and haughty.

She regarded him with her smoky eyes, in which he now saw that dolent, almost dolorous expression which had captivated him.

Pest on these dreary, dolent airs!Confound these funeral pomps and poses!

Dole and dolent are doubtless the exact counterparts of dolore and dolente, so far as mere etymology can go.