Definition of Dolorous

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.


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