doleful
English
/ˈdoʊlfəl/
adj
Definitions
- Filled with grief, mournful, bringing feelings of sadness.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English doleful affix from English dole (grief, sorrow).
Origin
English
dole
Gloss
grief, sorrow
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
戚
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dole English
- dolefully English
- dolefulness English
- doleite English
- dolesome English
- dol Middle English
- doleful Middle English
- dolfully Middle English
- doolfulnes Middle English