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# dolorous

adjective (dolorous, more dolorous, most dolorous)

«dolorous» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Dolorous means full of sorrow or pain; sad and mournful, often said of a sound or cry (old use, formal). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dolorous/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old tales, a dolorous cry shows great grief or pain, often from a creature or a person who has been wronged.

### Examples

- The owl gave a dolorous hoot in the dark wood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dolorous/#x1)
- After the storm there was a dolorous silence in the village. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dolorous/#x2)
- Her dolorous song made everyone cry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dolorous/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dolorous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dolorous/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dolorous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dolorous.html) on Mova free.