[ adj ] filled with or evoking sadness <adj.all> the child's doleful expressionstared with mournful eyes mournful news
Doleful \Dole"ful\, a. Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal.
With screwed face and doleful whine. --South.
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.
In so doing, he has already used up six or perhaps seven of his political lives. Throwing Mr Lamont overboard might not be sufficient to prevent Fate from depriving him of the rest. So much for doleful thoughts.
The first tells us why the news from the six provinces is always so doleful.
While the cor anglais proceeded with its doleful song, Davis lavished subtleties upon the orchestral accompaniment, which became too greedy for one's attention.