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dolesome

adj
/ˈdoʊlsəm/US/ˈdəʊlsəm/UK

Etymology

From dole (“sorrow, grief”) + -some.

  1. inherited from *dʰayl-✻
  2. inherited from *dailą✻
  3. inherited from dāl
  4. inherited from dol
  5. suffixed as dolesome — “dole + some”

Definitions

  1. Characterised or marked by sorrow and grief

    Characterised or marked by sorrow and grief; doleful; dismal; gloomy.

    • The grandmother [...] raised her under the dolesome eyes of a multicoloured Virgin Mary.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA