Through dolorous despaire, which she conceyved, Into the Sea her selfe did headlong throw, Thinking to have her griefe by death bereaved.
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Dolorous
//ˈdɒləɹəs//
Synonyms for "dolorous" (74 found)
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Adjective(3 words)
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17 translations across 8 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- թախծոտ adj (solemnly or ponderously sad)
- վշտահար adj (solemnly or ponderously sad)
Bulgarian
2 entries- печален adj (solemnly or ponderously sad)
- скръбен adj (solemnly or ponderously sad)
Dutch
4 entries- doloreus adj (solemnly or ponderously sad)
- droefgeestig adj (solemnly or ponderously sad)
- mismoedig adj (solemnly or ponderously sad)
- mistroostig adj (solemnly or ponderously sad)
Georgian
1 entries- საცოდავი adj (solemnly or ponderously sad)
Polish
1 entries- boleściwy adj (solemnly or ponderously sad)
Russian
4 entries- гру́стный adj (solemnly or ponderously sad)
- печа́льный adj (solemnly or ponderously sad)
- ско́рбный adj (solemnly or ponderously sad)
- страда́ющий adj (solemnly or ponderously sad)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- brònach adj (solemnly or ponderously sad)
Spanish
1 entries- doloroso adj (solemnly or ponderously sad)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
. . . Hell itself will pass away, And leave her dolorous mansions to the peering day.
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From this prison here of horror, whence I every hour tend nearer and nearer to destruction, I send you . . . the assurance of my dolorous and unhappy service.
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She turned and waved a hand to him, she cried a word, but he didn't hear it, it was a lost word. A sable wraith she was in the parkland, fading away into the dolorous crypt of winter.
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