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

dolefulest
dolefull
dolefuller
dolefullest
dolefully
dolefulness
dolefulnesses
dolemite
dolent
dolente
dolerite
dolerites
doleritic
dolerophanite
doles
dolesome (current term)
dolia
dolich-
dolicho-
dolichocephalic
dolichocephalism
dolichocephalous
dolichocephaly
dolichocolon
dolichocranial
dolichocranic
dolichoderine
dolichoderines
dolichoectatic artery
dolichofacial

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 ..."

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