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Dolesome

//ˈdoʊlsəm// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Characterised or marked by sorrow and grief; doleful; dismal; gloomy.

    "The grandmother [...] raised her under the dolesome eyes of a multicoloured Virgin Mary."

Etymology

From dole (“sorrow, grief”) + -some.

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