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dolorous

ADJ เศร้าโศก  เสียใจ  sao-sok

 

dolorously

ADV อย่าง เศร้าโศก  อย่าง เสียใจ  yang-sao-sok

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DOLOROUS

a.[L., grief. ] 1. Sorrowful; doleful; dismal; impressing sorrow or grief; as a dolorous object; a dolorous region.
2. Painful; giving pain.
Their dispatch is quick, and less dolorous than the paw of the bear.
3. Expressing pain or grief; as dolorous sighs.

 

DOLOROUSLY

adv. Sorrowfully; in a manner to express pain.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DOLOROUS

Dol "or *ous, a. Etym: [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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dolorous

dol or ous |ˈdōlərəs ˈdoʊlərəs | adjective literary feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress. DERIVATIVES dol or ous ly adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French doleros, from late Latin dolorosus, from Latin dolor pain, grief.

 

Oxford Dictionary

dolorous

dolorous |ˈdɒl (ə )rəs | adjective literary feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress. DERIVATIVES dolorously adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French doleros, from late Latin dolorosus, from Latin dolor pain, grief .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

dolorous

dolorous adjective literary See doleful.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

dolorous

dolorous adjective literary a dolorous sigh. See doleful.