Definitions
filled with or evoking sadness
Word origin
From Middle English doleful, doolful, deolful, equivalent to dole + -ful.
Used in a sentence
“The doleful peal of the bell indicated another funeral was being held.”
“A doleful expression that tugged at my heartstrings.”
““We face a doleful future,” said Dr. Harvey V. Fineberg, a former president of the National Academy of Medicine.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Sad and mournful”7 letters
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