dolorous

«dolorous» in Mova's school dictionary: full of sorrow or pain; sad and mournful, often said of a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (dolorous, more dolorous, most dolorous)

meaning for a pupil

Dolorous means full of sorrow or pain; sad and mournful, often said of a sound or cry (old use, formal). tree →

sense in the lessons

in old tales, a dolorous cry shows great grief or pain, often from a creature or a person who has been wronged.

examples

• The owl gave a dolorous hoot in the dark wood. tree →
• After the storm there was a dolorous silence in the village. tree →
• Her dolorous song made everyone cry. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dolorous» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.