Thesaurus / dolent
other words for dolent
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By turns they were dolent, forsaken, languorous, and haughty.
L-basJ. K. Huysmans
Dole and dolent are doubtless the exact counterparts of dolore and dolente, so far as mere etymology can go.
The Unseen World and Other EssaysJohn Fiske
But the dolent accents returned as he opened his proofs and read them.
BalzacFrederick Lawton
She regarded him with her smoky eyes, in which he now saw that dolent, almost dolorous expression which had captivated him.
L-basJ. K. Huysmans
Pest on these dreary, dolent airs!Confound these funeral pomps and poses!
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
WORDS RELATED TO DOLENT
- afflicted
- cast down
- cheerless
- crestfallen
- dejected
- depressed
- dirgeful
- dismal
- dispirited
- distressing
- dolent
- dolorous
- down
- down in the mouth
- downcast
- downhearted
- dreary
- forlorn
- funereal
- gloomy
- grieving
- lamentable
- lugubrious
- melancholy
- mournful
- painful
- piteous
- pitiful
- plaintive
- rueful
- sad
- somber
- sorrowful
- woebegone
- woeful
- wretched
- affecting
- afflicted
- dejected
- depressed
- disconsolate
- distressing
- doleful
- dolent
- full of sorrow
- grievous
- heartbroken
- heartrending
- heavy-hearted
- hurting
- in mourning
- in pain
- in sorrow
- lamentable
- lugubrious
- melancholy
- miserable
- mournful
- painful
- piteous
- plaintive
- rueful
- ruthful
- sad
- sick at heart
- singing the blues
- sorry
- tear-jerking
- tearful
- unhappy
- woebegone
- woeful
- wretched
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.