See dolorous in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
adjective
Full of or expressive of sorrow:
doleful, lugubrious, mournful, plaintive, rueful, sad, sorrowful, woebegone, woeful. See happyCausing sorrow or regret:
deplorable, doleful, grievous, lamentable, mournful, regrettable, rueful, sad, sorrowful, woeful. See happy
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