English-Thai Dictionary
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.