dolesome

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dolesome

/ˈdoʊlsəm/ US
/ˈdəʊlsəm/ UK

Rhymes with -əʊlsəm

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From dole (“sorrow, grief”) + -some.

adjective more dolesome · most dolesome

Characterised or marked by sorrow and grief; doleful; dismal; gloomy. The grandmother [...] raised her under the dolesome eyes of a multicoloured Virgin Mary.
Similar: miserable, unhappy, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited, blue, bummed out, chapfallen, cheerless, chopfallen, crestfallen

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@misc{dolesome_2026,
  title = {dolesome},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dolesome},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}