Dolesome

//ˈdoʊlsəm//

Synonyms for "dolesome" (110 found)

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Adjective(22 words)

atrabiliary atrabilious bleak blitheless blue bummed out chapfallen cheerless chopfallen comfortless crestfallen cut up damp dark dejected depressed depressing desolate despondent dire

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disconsolate disgruntled

Strong matches (33)

Adjective(33 words)

disheartened dismal dispirited doleful down down in the dumps down in the mouth downcast downhearted downsome drear drearisome dreary dreich dull elegiac elegious forbidding forlorn gayless

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gloomsome gloomy glum gray grief-stricken grieving grim heartsick heartsore heavy-hearted humorless inconsolable infelicitous

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dolesomely dolesomeness

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dismal doleful dolesomely dolesomeness gloomy

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

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