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Definition of Dolesome
1. a. Doleful; dismal; gloomy; sorrowful.
Definition of Dolesome
1. Adjective. doleful; dismal; gloomy ¹
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Definition of Dolesome
1. doleful [adj] - See also: doleful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dolesome
Literary usage of Dolesome
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts by Massachusetts County Court (Essex County), George Francis Dow (1921)
"... while before hauing been all his absence confined to A Sad dolesome ...
the Air Since I came into this dolesome place wch is now Tenn Weeks Therfore ..."