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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
dolorous
    adj 1: showing sorrow [syn: dolorous, dolourous,
           lachrymose, tearful, weeping]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dolorous \Dol"or*ous\, a. [L. dolorosus, from dolor: cf. F.
   douloureux. See Dolor.]
   1. Full of grief; sad; sorrowful; doleful; dismal; as, a
      dolorous object; dolorous discourses.
      [1913 Webster]

            You take me in too dolorous a sense;
            I spake to you for your comfort.      --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Occasioning pain or grief; painful.
      [1913 Webster]

            Their dispatch is quick, and less dolorous than the
            paw of the bear or teeth of the lion. --Dr. H. More.
      -- Dol"or*ous*ly, adv. -- Dol"or*ous*ness, n.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for dolorous:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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