DOLOROUS Synonyms: 120 Similar and Opposite Words

dolorous

adjective

ˈdō-lə-rəs

Definition of dolorous

as in mournful

expressing or suggesting mourning dolorous ballads of death and regret

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Recent Examples of dolorous Above ground, the images are reminiscent of Bela Tarr or the particularly dolorous stretches of early Tarkovsky movies, an impression accented by the strange siren-like blares, twangs and choral interludes of Tako Zhordania’s otherwordly score. —Jessica Kiang, Variety, 8 July 2023 The next evening, a lanky youth in military fatigues mumbles something less dolorous from the same podium and Llewyn can only watch from the sidelines as the audience applauds with vigour. —Hazlitt, 24 Aug. 2022 Things had changed just enough to incorporate this kind of hard, dolorous realism. —Wesley Morris, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2020

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dolorous

Adjective

The mournful footnote to Hollywood or Bust is that off-set, the friendship between Martin and Lewis had already broken down irrevocably.

— Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 19 Mar. 2025
Definitely — but there’s a mournful resonance to that in a play where characters reach out so desperately and remain so trapped within themselves.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025