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Definition of Doleful
1. Adjective. Filled with or evoking sadness. "Mournful news"
Definition of Doleful
1. a. Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal.
Definition of Doleful
1. Adjective. griefful, mournful, bringing feelings of sadness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Doleful
1. mournful [adj -FULLER, -FULLEST] - See also: mournful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Doleful
Literary usage of Doleful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, &c. by Gleeson White (1887)
"TO A doleful POET. Why are you sad when the sky is blue ? Why, when the sun shines
bright for ... 'Tis half untrue Your doleful song. You have work to do. ..."
2. Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, & C. by Gleeson White (1888)
"TO A doleful POET. Why are you sad when the sky is blue ? Why, when the sun shines
bright for ... 'Tis half untrue Your doleful song. You have work to do. ..."
3. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century: Poems by Wordsworth, Coleridge by Curtis Hidden Page (1910)
"... a soft and doleful air, I sang an old and moving story— An old rude song, that
suited well That ruin wild and hoary. She listened with a flitting blush, ..."
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