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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
You take me in too dolorous a sense I spake to you
for your comfort. --Shak.
2. Occasioning pain or grief; painful.
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
dolorous
adj : showing sorrow [syn: {dolourous}, {lachrymose}, {tearful}, {weeping}]
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