Definition of Dolorousness

1. Noun. The quality of being dolorous. ¹

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Definition of Dolorousness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dolorousness

dolomized
dolomol
dolophine hydrochloride
dolor
dolor capitis
doloresite
doloriferous
dolorific
dolorimetry
dolorogenic zone
dolorology
dolorose
doloroso
dolorous
dolorously
dolorousness (current term)
dolorousnesses
dolors
dolos
dolosity
dolostone
dolostones
dolour
dolourous
dolourously
dolours
dolphin
dolphin-friendly
dolphin hugger
dolphin kick

Literary usage of Dolorousness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1895)
"He sat in the same box with us at the " Merry Wives of Windsor," and helped to carry off the dolorousness of the play. Alas! the work is so heavy just for ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1855)
"... dolorousness of the tone em- ployed; and we may add that the Reporters seem to us to entertain most extraordinary and peculiar notions of the depressing ..."

3. Life, Letters and Journals of George Ticknor by George Ticknor, Anna (Eliot) Ticknor (1909)
"If he groaned, they groaned with comical dolorousness ; if he complained, they complained most pertinaciously with him; and the words " 'T is shameful," " T ..."

4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1868)
"... could not resist that piece of close reasoning ; and would go over to the other side of the House—that is, to the side of dumps and dolorousness. ..."

5. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor by Jeremy Taylor, Charles Page Eden, Reginald Heber, Alexander Taylor (1850)
"But so He was pleased to take man unto His aid, not only to represent His own need and the dolorousness of His passion, but to consign the duty unto man, ..."

6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1820)
"... of the extreme dolorousness of modern poets; our two Franks seem determined to assist in rescuing the age from this terrible reproach. ..."

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