Dol·or·ous a.
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.
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