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# dolorous

«dolorous» in Mova's school dictionary: **full of sorrow or pain; sad and mournful, often said of a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (dolorous, more dolorous, most dolorous)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dolorous» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dolorous/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.