dolefulness
Noun
- sadness caused by grief or affliction
- The characteristic of being doleful; sadness.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English doolfulnes, dolfulnesse, equivalent to doleful + -ness.
Synonyms
blueness, blues, crestfallenness, dejection, depression, despondency, distress, dolefulness, downheartedness, drearihead, forlornness, grief, heartsore, ill-being, infelicity, melancholia, melancholy, misery, mishappiness, mourn, prosternation, regret, rue, ruth, sadness, sorrow, sorrowfulness, tristfulness, undelight, unhappiness, woe, woefare, wretchedness
Scrabble Score: 15
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