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2 definitions found 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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