Dolefulness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Doleful \Dole"ful\, a.
     Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow;
     sorrowful; sad; dismal.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           With screwed face and doleful whine.     --South.


     [1913 Webster]
  
           Regions of sorrow, doleful shades.       --Milton.
  
     Syn: Piteous; rueful; sorrowful; woeful; melancholy; sad
          gloomy; dismal; dolorous; woe-begone. -- {Dole"ful*ly},
          adv. -- {Dole"ful*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dolefulness
       n : sadness caused by grief or affliction