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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Doleful \Dole"ful\, a. Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal. With screwed face and doleful whine. --South. Regions of sorrow, doleful shades. --Milton. Syn: Piteous; rueful; sorrowful; woeful; melancholy; sad gloomy; dismal; dolorous; woe-begone. - {Dole"ful*ly}, adv -- {Dole"ful*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: doleful adj : filled with or evoking sadness; "the child's doleful expression"; "stared with mournful eyes"; "mournful news" [syn: {mournful}]
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